Bill Text: TX SCR17 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SCR17 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR17-Engrossed.html
| By: Hughes, Bettencourt | S.C.R. No. 17 | |
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| WHEREAS, An independent United States Supreme Court is an | ||
| essential element of America's system of checks and balances that | ||
| protects our constitutional rights; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has | ||
| been composed of nine justices; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The president and congress should be prohibited from | ||
| undermining the independence of the court by changing the number of | ||
| appointed justices; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to | ||
| propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" | ||
| amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "The | ||
| Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine | ||
| justices"; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
| members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
| this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
| memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. | ||
