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| 4 | 5 | | SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, An independent United States Supreme Court is an |
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| 6 | 7 | | essential element of America's system of checks and balances that |
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| 7 | 8 | | protects our constitutional rights; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has |
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| 9 | 10 | | been composed of nine justices; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The president and congress should be prohibited from |
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| 11 | 12 | | undermining the independence of the court by changing the number of |
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| 12 | 13 | | appointed justices; now, therefore, be it |
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| 13 | 14 | | RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 14 | 15 | | hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to |
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| 15 | 16 | | propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" |
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| 16 | 17 | | amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "The |
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| 17 | 18 | | Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine |
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| 18 | 19 | | justices"; and, be it further |
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| 19 | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 20 | 21 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 21 | 22 | | the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 22 | 23 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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| 23 | 24 | | members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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| 24 | 25 | | this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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| 25 | 26 | | memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | | - | I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 41 was adopted by the Senate |
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| 31 | | - | on April 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10. |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 34 | | - | I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 41 was adopted by the House |
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| 35 | | - | on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 77, Nays 64, |
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| 36 | | - | one present not voting. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | | - | Approved: |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Date |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Governor |
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