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James Traficant: “the Supreme Court ruled it is OK for the government to seize the car of an innocent wife, innocent because her husband…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1996
the Supreme Court ruled it is OK for the government to seize the car of an innocent wife, innocent because her husband had sex in the car with a prostitute. Watch out Hertz and Avis here. Mr. Speaker, has the Supreme Court lost their marbles? This ruling is tantamount to allowing the government to seize your home, your car, your boat, your BVD's, your rubber duckies, even if you had been victimized by the action and you are innocent and did nothing wrong. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Whatever happened to government of the people, by the people, and for the people? Now the Supreme Court says, it is government from the people. Beam me up again here. It is not the President evidently who smoked dope; it is the membership of the Supreme Court who voted for this, and it is absolutely evident they inhaled all the way through. Congress, do something. The Supreme Court should not set the law in America. That is the legislative role.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Criticizing a Supreme Court ruling on government seizure of property during a House floor speech.

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