By: Hughes S.C.R. No. 9
(In the Senate - Filed January 27, 2025;
February 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
State Affairs; March 5, 2025, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 5, 2025, sent to
printer.)
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, An independent United States Supreme Court is an
essential element of America's system of checks and balances that
protects our constitutional rights; and
WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has
been composed of nine justices; and
WHEREAS, The president and Congress should be prohibited from
undermining the independence of the court by changing the number of
appointed justices; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine"
amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "The
Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine
justices"; 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 president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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