85R5144 JRJ-D     By: Nichols S.J.R. No. 37       A JOINT RESOLUTION   applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention   under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited   purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose   term limits for justices of the United States Supreme Court and to   allow the states to overturn a decision of the United States Supreme   Court.          RESOLVED, That the 85th Texas Legislature hereby applies to   Congress to call a convention under Article V of the United States   Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to   the constitution to impose term limits for justices of the United   States Supreme Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision   of the United States Supreme Court; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding   legislature, this application by the 85th Texas Legislature   constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V   of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the   legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call   a convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to   the constitution to impose term limits for justices of the United   States Supreme Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision   of the United States Supreme Court; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to   the vice president of the United States in the vice president's   capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States   at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to   all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request   that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional   Record as an application to Congress for a convention under Article   V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of   proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose term limits   for justices of the United States Supreme Court and to allow the   states to overturn a decision of the United States Supreme Court;   and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the   presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with   the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a   convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for   the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution   to impose term limits for justices of the United States Supreme   Court and to allow the states to overturn a decision of the United   States Supreme Court.