SCR 2 (LSB 1314XS (1) 90)

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2

BY  ZAUN

A Concurrent Resolution urging the members of the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

   WHEREAS, the United States Constitution established the Supreme Court of the United States, charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under the law; and
   WHEREAS, the United States Constitution delegated the determination of how many justices sit on the Supreme Court of the United States to the United States Congress; and
   WHEREAS, in 1869 the United States Congress raised the number of justices on the Supreme Court of the United States to nine and has maintained that number since that time; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly urges the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices; and

   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of Iowa’s congressional delegation.