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                                           SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 114

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Metcalf and Johnson

Read first time 2/7/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

          We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully petition that the Congress of the United States propose the following article as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States: ARTICLE .....

        Sec. 1.      The term of office of the federal judiciary shall be twelve years, and no person is eligible for reappointment to any position after twelve years service in that position.

          This article shall not affect the term to which any such justice or judge shall have been elected or appointed prior to, or at the time of, approval and ratification of this article.  The Congress may by general law authorize or require the retirement of justices or judges for physical or mental disability, or for any cause rendering justices or judges incapable of performing their judicial duties.

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of State to the President of the Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States and to each member of Congress from this state.