Bill Text: CA AJR11 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Supreme Court of the United States: Keep Nine Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - From printer. [AJR11 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AJR11-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Joint Resolution
No. 11
| Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey |
April 15, 2021 |
Relative to the Supreme Court of the United States.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 11, as introduced, Lackey.
Supreme Court of the United States: Keep Nine Amendment
This measure would urge the United States Congress to propose the “Keep Nine” Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states that the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of 9 justices.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, An independent Supreme Court of the United States is an essential element of America’s system of checks and balances that protects our constitutional rights; and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States has been composed of nine justices for more than 150 years; and
WHEREAS, The President and Congress should be prohibited from undermining the independence of the Supreme Court by changing the number of justices on the court; now, therefor, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California urges the United States Congress to propose the “Keep Nine” Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states that the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, to the Speakers and Senate Presidents of the Legislatures in all 50 states, and to the author for appropriate distribution.
