United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 294 (101st)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the automatic removal of Federal judges upon their conviction of serious crimes.
Introduced
13 June 1989
Last action
27 June 1989 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
Sponsors
Rep. Sangmeister, George E. [D-IL-4], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. Poshard, Glenn [D-IL-22], Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6], Rep. Hutto, Earl [D-FL-1], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Smith, Larkin [R-MS-5], Rep. Harris, Claude [D-AL-7], Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12], Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO], Rep. Valentine, Tim [D-NC-2], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
16 January 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the removal from office of an Article III judge upon conviction of a criminal offense punishable by more than one year's imprisonment.
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Timeline
13 June 1989
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
13 June 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 June 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 June 1989
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · — · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in House
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Sponsors
- Rep. Sangmeister, George E. [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Poshard, Glenn [D-IL-22] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hutto, Earl [D-FL-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Larkin [R-MS-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harris, Claude [D-AL-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Valentine, Tim [D-NC-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-joint-resolution/294
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/hjres/294
- us · 101-hjres-294 · source updated 16 January 2025