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Ted Cruz (R-TX)

A joint resolution 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.

S.J.Res. 16 · Senate resolution Law

A Republican resolution with 22 Republican cosponsors · See all 22 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the 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. The goal of the amendment is to establish a specific size for the Supreme Court. It would require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of exactly nine justices. This amendment would become part of the Constitution once ratified by three-fourths of the states within seven years.

Yes

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    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The amendment establishes a permanent constitutional requirement for the composition of the federal judiciary.

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    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill provides clarity regarding the permanent size of the Supreme Court.

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    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    The bill provides structural stability to the Supreme Court by fixing its size at nine justices.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.