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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.

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This joint resolution proposes changing the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court must have exactly nine judges - one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.

Introduced

January 3, 2025

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LauraVoted No15d ago

As the country increases, the court should expand as well because the current size isn't keeping up with the demand of cases being heard. The Supreme Court did not originally have 9 justices...the current court size came from an expansion.