PRINTER'S NO. 936
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 112
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, MARCH 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
OPERATIONS, MARCH 13, 2025
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of
2 the United States to consider amendments to establish a
3 process by which the appointment of United States Supreme
4 Court Justices can occur at regular time intervals and limit
5 how long a Justice may serve on the Court.
6 WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
7 places substantial authority and responsibility upon the
8 legislatures of the several states to ensure that the Federal
9 Government and each of its branches remain within their
10 enumerated powers and remain protective of the rights of the
11 people; and
12 WHEREAS, A variety of important movements have arisen within
13 the legislatures of the several states to address a wide variety
14 of concerns that may be appropriately addressed within the
15 context of Article V; and
16 WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
17 Pennsylvania wishes to address these various approaches in a
18 bipartisan and complementary manner; and
19 WHEREAS, An agreement to call for an Article V convention
 1 does not commit the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
2 Pennsylvania to approve any proposal that may arise from any
3 subsequent convention; and
4 WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
5 Pennsylvania is simply exercising its will to engage in a formal
6 process with other states to give full and authoritative
7 consideration to various proposals consistent with the topics
8 expressed by each of the applications that follow, and which are
9 only valid when formally ratified by three-fourths of the
10 several states; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
12 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby make application to
13 the Congress of the United States, as provided by Article V of
14 the Constitution of the United States, to call a convention
15 limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
16 United States to establish a process by which the appointment of
17 United States Supreme Court Justices can occur at regular time
18 intervals and limit how long a Justice may serve on the Court;
19 and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
21 Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
22 President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States,
23 Judiciary Committee Chairman of the Senate of the United States,
24 the Speaker, Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House
25 of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of
26 Congress from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and be it
27 further
28 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
29 Pennsylvania transmit copies of this application to the
30 presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the
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 1 several states requesting their cooperation; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That this application be considered as covering the
3 same subject matter as the applications from other states to
4 Congress to call a convention to establish a process by which
5 the appointment of United States Supreme Court Justices can
6 occur at regular time intervals and limit how long a Justice may
7 serve on the Court; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That this application be aggregated with the
9 applications of the other states for the purpose of attaining
10 the two-thirds of states necessary to require the Congress of
11 the United States to call a limited convention on this subject
12 and may not be aggregated with any other applications that seek
13 a convention to address any other subject; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That this application constitute a continuing
15 application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
16 the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
17 of the several states have made applications on the same
18 subject.
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