Proposes a constitutional amendment fixing the Supreme Court at nine justices

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This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would set the Supreme Court's size at nine justices: one chief justice and eight associate justices.^2,3,4 The amendment would take effect only if the legislatures of three-fourths of the states ratified it within seven years after Congress sent it to them.⁴ Proposing a constitutional amendment takes a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate, and the House vote on this one failed 212 to 206.^3,4

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