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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, An independent United States Supreme Court is an |
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essential element of America's system of checks and balances that |
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protects our constitutional rights; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has |
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been composed of nine justices; and |
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WHEREAS, The president and congress should be prohibited from |
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undermining the independence of the court by changing the number of |
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appointed justices; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to |
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propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" |
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amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "The |
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Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine |
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justices"; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |