Amendment97th Congress
2040
- Amendment Number
- 2040
- Purpose
- It is the sense of the Congress that the federal courts must remain open to litigants whose claims arise out of the federal Constitution, and it is the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is and Article 5 of the Constitution provides a mechanism to respond to the Constitutional decisions of the Supreme Court.
- Congress
- 97
- Type
- SAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Sep 23, 1982
- Latest Action Text
- Considered by Senate.
- Proposed Date
- Aug 18, 1982
- Submitted Date
- Aug 18, 1982
- Chamber
- Senate
- Update Date
- Aug 14, 2021