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applying to the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a convention proposing an amendment to the constitution fixing the number of justices of the United States Supreme Court at one chief justice and eight associate justices.

South Dakota is asking the U.S. Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment that would lock the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices at nine (one chief justice and eight associates). This resolution doesn't change South Dakota state law, but rather formally requests that Congress take action to prevent future presidents or Congresses from changing the size of the Supreme Court for political reasons.