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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention |
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under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited |
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purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the |
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number of justices of the United States Supreme Court to nine. |
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BE IT RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature hereby |
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applies to Congress to call a convention under Article V of the |
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United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an |
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amendment to the constitution to limit the number of justices of the |
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United States Supreme Court to nine; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding |
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legislature, this application by the 87th Texas Legislature |
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constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V |
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of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the |
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legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call |
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a convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to |
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the constitution to limit the number of justices of the United |
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States Supreme Court to nine; 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 speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to |
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the vice president of the United States in the vice president's |
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capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States |
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at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to |
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all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request |
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that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional |
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Record as an application to Congress for a convention under Article |
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V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of |
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proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the number of |
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justices of the United States Supreme Court to nine; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the |
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presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with |
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the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a |
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convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for |
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the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution |
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to limit the number of justices of the United States Supreme Court |
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to nine. |