HJRES 912 · 94th Congress · Constitutional amendments

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a procedure in addition to impeachment for the removal of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States whose conduct is or has been inconsistent with the good behavior required by article III, section 1 of the Constitution.

Introduced 1976-04-06· Sponsored by Rep. Frey, Lou, Jr. [R-FL-9]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1976-04-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Constitutional Amendment - Provides that whenever the Senate finds upon a vote of two-thirds of its Members that any judge of the Supreme Court of the United States is unable to discharge efficiently one or more of the critical duties of his office by reason of a permanent mental or physical disability, such judge, upon concurrence of the House of Representatives, shall then be removed from office and the Senate shall send notice of its action to the President. Specifies that habitual intemperance that interferes with the performance of any one of the critical duties of a judge shall be deemed to be a permanent disability.…

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