The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country, and it has the final say on questions about what the law and the Constitution mean. Right now, the number of justices on it is not set by the Constitution but by an ordinary law passed by Congress, which has kept it at nine for many years. This proposal would change the Constitution itself to say the Court must have nine justices: one Chief Justice, who leads the Court, and eight Associate Justices. Because it is a proposed constitutional amendment, it would only take effect if it passes both chambers of Congress by a two-thirds vote and is then approved by three-fourths of the states, and it would make the number of justices something that could no longer be changed by a regular law.