HJRES 1 · 119th CongressFailed in Housecongress.gov ↗
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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AI plain-language summaryThis joint resolution proposes changing the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court must have exactly nine judges - one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
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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.