The Keep Nine Amendment:

Text of the Keep Nine Amendment:
“The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine Justices.”

KEY REASONS TO SUPPORT THE “KEEP NINE” AMENDMENT

• The Keep Nine Amendment preserves the current number of 9 Justices.

• The Keep Nine Amendment prohibits Congress from either increasing or decreasing the size of the Supreme Court.

• The Keep Nine Amendment fully protects the independence of the Court by prohibiting Congress from manipulating the number of Justices on the Court.

• The Keep Nine Amendment is endorsed by former Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese.

• The Keep Nine Amendment has bipartisan support. It is backed by a bipartisan coalition of former state Attorneys General and was introduced with bipartisan support in the U.S. House.

• The Keep Nine Amendment is short, simple, and easy for voters to understand:

• “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine Justices.”

• The Keep Nine Amendment aligns with former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s statement that “Nine is a good number”.

• The Keep Nine Amendment contains no other provisions or loopholes that might give secret supporters of Court packing an excuse to oppose it.

• The Keep Nine Amendment is the best vehicle for exposing those who claim to oppose Court packing but won’t support an Amendment to ban it.

• The Keep Nine Amendment is the best long term vehicle for building the broad bipartisan national effort that can eventually persuade 2/3 of Congress to propose the Amendment and 3/4 of the states to ratify it.

• Without an Amendment in place, there is a high risk that supporters of Court packing will actually pack the Court, the next time they win a super majority trifecta, as historically left leaning Democrats do about every 25-30 years.

• The Keep Nine Amendment is the best, strongest, and most politically powerful vehicle we have to preserve the. independence of the Supreme Court.