HR 112 — A Concurrent Resolution calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to consider amendments to establish a process by which the appointment of United States Supreme Court Justices can occur at regular time intervals and limit how long a Justice may serve on the Court.

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                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 112
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, MARCH 13, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
        OPERATIONS, MARCH 13, 2025


                          A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1   Calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of
 2      the United States to consider amendments to establish a
 3      process by which the appointment of United States Supreme
 4      Court Justices can occur at regular time intervals and limit
 5      how long a Justice may serve on the Court.
 6      WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
 7   places substantial authority and responsibility upon the
 8   legislatures of the several states to ensure that the Federal
 9   Government and each of its branches remain within their
10   enumerated powers and remain protective of the rights of the
11   people; and
12      WHEREAS, A variety of important movements have arisen within
13   the legislatures of the several states to address a wide variety
14   of concerns that may be appropriately addressed within the
15   context of Article V; and
16      WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
17   Pennsylvania wishes to address these various approaches in a
18   bipartisan and complementary manner; and
19      WHEREAS, An agreement to call for an Article V convention
 1   does not commit the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
 2   Pennsylvania to approve any proposal that may arise from any
 3   subsequent convention; and
 4      WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
 5   Pennsylvania is simply exercising its will to engage in a formal
 6   process with other states to give full and authoritative
 7   consideration to various proposals consistent with the topics
 8   expressed by each of the applications that follow, and which are
 9   only valid when formally ratified by three-fourths of the
10   several states; therefore be it
11      RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
12   of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby make application to
13   the Congress of the United States, as provided by Article V of
14   the Constitution of the United States, to call a convention
15   limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
16   United States to establish a process by which the appointment of
17   United States Supreme Court Justices can occur at regular time
18   intervals and limit how long a Justice may serve on the Court;
19   and be it further
20      RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
21   Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
22   President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States,
23   Judiciary Committee Chairman of the Senate of the United States,
24   the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House
25   of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of
26   Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and be it
27   further
28      RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
29   Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
30   presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the

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 1   several states requesting their cooperation; and be it further
 2      RESOLVED, That this application be considered as covering the
 3   same subject matter as the applications from other states to
 4   Congress to call a convention to establish a process by which
 5   the appointment of United States Supreme Court Justices can
 6   occur at regular time intervals and limit how long a Justice may
 7   serve on the Court; and be it further
 8      RESOLVED, That this application be aggregated with the
 9   applications of the other states for the purpose of attaining
10   the two-thirds of states necessary to require the Congress of
11   the United States to call a limited convention on this subject
12   and may not be aggregated with any other applications that seek
13   a convention to address any other subject; and be it further
14      RESOLVED, That this application constitute a continuing
15   application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
16   the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
17   of the several states have made applications on the same
18   subject.




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