Bill > HJRes81

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which is the foundational law of the country, to establish a fixed limit on the number of justices serving on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the federal judiciary. Specifically, it mandates that the Supreme Court can have no more than nine justices, a number that has been standard since 1869. The resolution requires a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives to be proposed, and then it must be ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states within seven years to become part of the Constitution. This action aims to prevent future changes to the size of the Supreme Court, which has been a subject of debate throughout U.S. history.