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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Introduced Feb 6, 2025

Latest action (Feb 6, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Law
Legislative subjects (3)
Constitution and constitutional amendmentsJudgesSupreme Court

Summary
  • Proposes a constitutional amendment to require the Supreme Court to be composed of nine justices.
  • Specifies that the amendment requires ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures within seven years to become part of the Constitution.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
22 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Ted Cruz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $4,424,745
  • ENTREPRENEUR $458,096
  • RDV CORPORATION $39,600
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES $29,632
  • BLACKSTONE $27,400

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ted Cruz → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HJRES 1 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. (shares 3 subjects)
  • HJRES 28 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1074 — Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 399 — Protecting Our Supreme Court Justices Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 4638 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 359 — Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HJRES 1 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. · Introduced Jul 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 87%
  • HJRES 28 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. · Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 86%
  • SJRES 1 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. · Introduced Jan 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • SJRES 7 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the election of Senators. · Introduced Aug 6, 2009 · Cong. 111 72%
  • SJRES 48 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms an individual may serve as a Member of Congress. · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • SJRES 43 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Feb 6, 2025

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Young, Mr. Banks, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Sheehy, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

“Article—

“The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices.”. <all>

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