85R5144 JRJ-D
By: Nichols S.J.R. No. 37
A JOINT RESOLUTION
applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention
under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited
purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose
term limits for justices of the United States Supreme Court and to
allow the states to overturn a decision of the United States Supreme
Court.
RESOLVED, That the 85th Texas Legislature hereby applies to
Congress to call a convention under Article V of the United States
Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to
the constitution to impose term limits for justices of the United
States Supreme Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision
of the United States Supreme Court; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding
legislature, this application by the 85th Texas Legislature
constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V
of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the
legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call
a convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to
the constitution to impose term limits for justices of the United
States Supreme Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision
of the United States Supreme Court; 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 speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to
the vice president of the United States in the vice president's
capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States
at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to
all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request
that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional
Record as an application to Congress for a convention under Article
V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of
proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose term limits
for justices of the United States Supreme Court and to allow the
states to overturn a decision of the United States Supreme Court;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the
presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with
the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a
convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for
the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution
to impose term limits for justices of the United States Supreme
Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision of the United
States Supreme Court.