Protecting Supreme Court Structure: Requiring Two-Thirds Vote for Size Changes
This bill aims to make it significantly harder to change the number of Justices serving on the U.S. Supreme Court. It establishes a new Senate rule allowing any Senator to object to and block consideration of such legislation. Overcoming this procedural block and modifying the Court's size would require a two-thirds supermajority vote, ensuring judicial stability.
Key points
Creates a Senate rule (point of order) that automatically blocks any attempt to modify the total number of Supreme Court Justices.
Changing the size of the Supreme Court would require the support of two-thirds of all Senators.
The goal is to protect the structure of the highest court from being altered by a simple political majority.
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