PRINTER'S NO. 936
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.112
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, MARCH 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
OPERATIONS, MARCH 13, 2025
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of
the United States to consider amendments to establish a
process by which the appointment of United States Supreme
Court Justices can occur at regular time intervals and limit
how long a Justice may serve on the Court.
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
places substantial authority and responsibility upon the
legislatures of the several states to ensure that the Federal
Government and each of its branches remain within their
enumerated powers and remain protective of the rights of the
people; and
WHEREAS, A variety of important movements have arisen within
the legislatures of the several states to address a wide variety
of concerns that may be appropriately addressed within the
context of Article V; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania wishes to address these various approaches in a
bipartisan and complementary manner; and
WHEREAS, An agreement to call for an Article V convention
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Pennsylvania to approve any proposal that may arise from any
subsequent convention; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania is simply exercising its will to engage in a formal
process with other states to give full and authoritative
consideration to various proposals consistent with the topics
expressed by each of the applications that follow, and which are
only valid when formally ratified by three-fourths of the
several states; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby make application to
the Congress of the United States, as provided by Article V of
the Constitution of the United States, to call a convention
limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States to establish a process by which the appointment of
United States Supreme Court Justices can occur at regular time
intervals and limit how long a Justice may serve on the Court;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States,
Judiciary Committee Chairman of the Senate of the United States,
the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House
of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of
Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the
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30 several states requesting their cooperation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application be considered as covering the
same subject matter as the applications from other states to
Congress to call a convention to establish a process by which
the appointment of United States Supreme Court Justices can
occur at regular time intervals and limit how long a Justice may
serve on the Court; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application be aggregated with the
applications of the other states for the purpose of attaining
the two-thirds of states necessary to require the Congress of
the United States to call a limited convention on this subject
and may not be aggregated with any other applications that seek
a convention to address any other subject; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application constitute a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
of the several states have made applications on the same
subject.
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