HR 8647 · 119th Congress

Representative Green's Original Legislation to increase from 9 to 13 the number of justices of the Supreme Court.

This bill would increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 13. Currently, the Supreme Court has 8 associate justices and 1 chief justice, for a total of 9. This bill would change that to 12 associate justices and 1 chief justice, bringing the total to 13. The bill makes this change by amending federal l…

Sponsor

Green, Al (D-Texas)

Introduced

2026-05-04

Policy area

Law