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This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to establish a fixed limit on the number of justices serving on the Supreme Court of the United States, specifying that there shall be no more than nine justices. This means that Congress would not be able to increase or decrease the number of justices beyond this cap. The resolution outlines the process for this proposed amendment to become part of the Constitution, requiring ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures within seven years of its submission by Congress, and grants Congress the authority to enact laws to enforce this constitutional change. This proposal comes in the context of historical debates about the size of the Supreme Court, which has fluctuated throughout U.S. history.