HJRES 88 · 94th Congress · Constitutional amendments
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the reconfirmation by popular vote of certain Federal judges.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1975-01-14)
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Constitutional Amendment - Requires each judge of each district court of the United States to be approved by the inhabitants of such judicial district who are qualified to vote for a Representative to the Congress for the continuance in office. Provides that such approval, in the year of the sixth election of Representatives to the Congress after the appointment of such judge, and in the year of each sixth such election thereafter, such election shall be necessary for the continuation in office of each such judge. Provides that, with respect to each such judge holding office at the time of the adoption of this amendment, the first such approval shall be necessary for the continuation in office of such judge in the year of the sixth election of Representatives to the Congress after the appointment of such judge, or in the year of the first such election after the adoption of this amendment, whichever is later.…
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