89R5450 KRT-D     By: Hughes S.C.R. No. 9       CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          WHEREAS, An independent United States Supreme Court is an   essential element of America's system of checks and balances that   protects our constitutional rights; and          WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has   been composed of nine justices; and          WHEREAS, The president and Congress should be prohibited from   undermining the independence of the court by changing the number of   appointed justices; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to   propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine"   amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "The   Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine   justices"; 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 president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the   members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that   this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a   memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.