Bill Text: TX SCR41 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Signed by the Governor [SCR41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SCR41-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 41 | ||
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| 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 87th 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 41 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on April 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 41 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 77, Nays 64, | ||
| one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
