North Dakota HCR 3023: A concurrent resolution urging Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to prohibit changing the number of justices serving on the United States Supreme Court and that the amendment should state the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices.

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Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 5, 2021
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3023
(Representatives K. Koppelman, Bosch, Klemin, Louser, Pollert)
(Senators Burckhard, Dwyer, Wardner)
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to
prohibit changing the number of justices serving on the United States Supreme Court and that
the amendment should state the Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine
justices.
WHEREAS, an independent United States Supreme Court is an essential element of America's
system of checks and balances that protects individuals' constitutional rights; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has been composed of nine justices for more than
150 years; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States and Congress should be prohibited from
undermining the independence of the United States Supreme Court by changing the number of justices
on the United States Supreme Court;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH
DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
That the Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly urges Congress to propose an amendment to the
United States Constitution to prohibit changing the number of justices serving on the United States
Supreme Court and that the amendment should state the Supreme Court of the United States shall be
composed of nine justices; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution to the
President of the United States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate and the
United States House of Representatives, and each member of the North Dakota Congressional
Delegation.

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____________________________ ____________________________
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
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Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2021,
at ________ o’clock ________M.
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Secretary of State