CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Clay Fuller (R-GA)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.

H.J.Res. 204 · House resolution Law

A Republican resolution with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It seeks to require that certain individuals be natural born citizens to hold specific positions. Specifically, it targets those serving as judges. Under this proposal, no person who is not a natural born citizen could serve as a Judge of the supreme or inferior courts. The amendment would take effect six months after its ratification.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The amendment establishes a national constitutional requirement for judicial eligibility.

The opposite

  • Scored -4

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The amendment creates a glass ceiling for naturalized citizens by barring them from the federal judiciary.

  • Scored -3

    Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?

    The amendment creates a new barrier to high-level judicial service for immigrants regardless of their citizenship status.