October 15, 2026
Mr. Perry submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a Judge to be a natural born citizen of the United States.
Resolved,
That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
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No person shall be a Judge, either of the supreme or inferior courts, who is not a natural born citizen of the United States. Any person who is not a natural born citizen of the United States and is a judge at the time of ratification of this amendment shall be removed from such office on the date that is two years after such ratification.