Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1		-	By: Hughes, Bettencourt S.C.R. No. 17
2		-	Creighton
	1	+	By: Hughes S.C.R. No. 17
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2023; February 17, 2023,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	4	+	March 1, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
	5	+	Nays 0; March 1, 2023, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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5	9		SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	10		WHEREAS, An independent United States Supreme Court is an
7	11		essential element of America's system of checks and balances that
8	12		protects our constitutional rights; and
9	13		WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has
10	14		been composed of nine justices; and
11	15		WHEREAS, The president and congress should be prohibited from
12	16		undermining the independence of the court by changing the number of
13	17		appointed justices; now, therefore, be it
14	18		RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
15	19		hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
16	20		propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine"
17	21		amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "The
18	22		Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine
19	23		justices"; and, be it further
20	24		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
21	25		copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
22	26		the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
23	27		Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
24	28		members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
25	29		this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
26	30		memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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