United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 14 (116th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not more than 9 justices.
Introduced
25 March 2019
Last action
25 March 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Kevin Cramer, Marsha Blackburn, Todd Young, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Hoeven, Mike Lee, Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT], Mike Crapo, Shelley Capito, Steve Daines, Martha McSally, Tim Scott, Thomas Tillis, Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA], Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Joni Ernst, Roger Wicker, Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], John Cornyn
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the U.S. Supreme Court to be composed of not more than nine Justices.
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Timeline
25 March 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
25 March 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 25 March 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 March 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 March 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 25 March 2019
Sponsors
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Kevin Cramer · R · Sponsor
- Marsha Blackburn · R · Sponsor
- Todd Young · R · Sponsor
- Cindy Hyde-Smith · R · Sponsor
- John Hoeven · R · Sponsor
- Mike Lee · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Mike Crapo · R · Sponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Sponsor
- Steve Daines · R · Sponsor
- Martha McSally · R · Cosponsor
- Tim Scott · R · Cosponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Joni Ernst · R · Cosponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- John Cornyn · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/14
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/sjres/14
- us · 116-sjres-14 · source updated 10 August 2026