Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

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Constitutionally Fix Supreme Court at Nine Justices

Proposes a constitutional amendment that permanently sets the size of the Supreme Court at nine justices (one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices), removing Congress's current statutory authority to alter the Court's composition by ordinary legislation.

• Population Scope High Binding the Court's size in the Constitution affects every U.S. resident subject to Supreme Court jurisdiction — effectively the entire population.
• Budgetary Magnitude Low The resolution neither authorizes nor appropriates any funds.
• Legal / Regulatory Depth High Elevating court-size from a changeable federal statute to an entrenched constitutional mandate is a fundamental restructuring of institutional authority — permanently stripping Congress of the power to legislate on Court composition.
• Degree of Discretion Granted Low The amendment imposes an absolute, self-executing mandate with no delegation of rulemaking authority or discretionary flexibility to any actor.
• Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low No new enforcement machinery, compliance obligations, or penalties are created; the constraint operates directly as constitutional text.
• Temporal Commitment High Once ratified, a constitutional amendment persists indefinitely and can only be undone by a subsequent constitutional amendment — the most demanding repeal mechanism in U.S. law.