United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 40 (117th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
Introduced
15 April 2021
Last action
19 October 2021 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Sponsors
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5], Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC], Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5], Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4], Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14], Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5], Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7], Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9], Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1], Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10], Yvette Herrell, Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-8], Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of nine Justices consisting of one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
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Timeline
15 April 2021
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
15 April 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 April 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 October 2021
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 15 April 2021 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] · R · Sponsor
- Yvette Herrell · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-joint-resolution/40
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/40
- us · 117-hjres-40 · source updated 3 January 2025