Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 - Introduced SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2 BY ZAUN A Concurrent Resolution urging the members of the 1 Congress of the United States to propose an 2 amendment to the Constitution of the United States 3 to require that the Supreme Court of the United 4 States be composed of nine justices. 5 WHEREAS, the United States Constitution established 6 the Supreme Court of the United States, charged with 7 ensuring the American people the promise of equal 8 justice under the law; and 9 WHEREAS, the United States Constitution delegated 10 the determination of how many justices sit on the 11 Supreme Court of the United States to the United States 12 Congress; and 13 WHEREAS, in 1869 the United States Congress raised 14 the number of justices on the Supreme Court of the 15 United States to nine and has maintained that number 16 since that time; NOW THEREFORE, 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 18 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General 19 Assembly urges the Congress of the United States to 20 propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United 21 States requiring that the Supreme Court of the United 22 States shall be composed of nine justices; and 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the 24 Senate shall transmit copies of this resolution to the 25 President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of 26 the United States House of Representatives, and each 27 member of Iowa’s congressional delegation. 28 -1- LSB 1314XS (1) 90 cm/rn 1/ 1