House Judiciary Committee Advances GOP Bill to Cap Supreme Court at Nine Justices Along Party Lines
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a constitutional amendment proposal Wednesday that would fix the Supreme Court at nine justices. No House Democrats on the committee supported the measure.
abcnews.go.comThe House Judiciary Committee advanced a constitutional amendment proposal Wednesday that would fix the Supreme Court at nine justices. The measure, HJR 1, would require the court to be composed of nine justices. The committee held a markup for HJR 1 on Wednesday.
Not a single House Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee supported the proposal. The measure’s passage along party lines followed the committee’s consideration of the text requiring the Supreme Court to maintain nine members.
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