James Traficant: “I think the Supreme Court is part of the problem here, not the solution. I keep hearing this First Amendment…”

“I think the Supreme Court is part of the problem here, not the solution. I keep hearing this First Amendment mumbo-jumbo. I would like to read it: ``Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion'', and then the First Amendment says, immediately, ``Or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.'' The Founders are rolling over in their graves. They did intended to separate church and State, but they never intended to separate God and the American people. This is absolutely ridiculous. The Supreme Court in my opinion is prohibiting in America the free exercise of religion. It is on our currency. Look behind the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood): ``In God we trust.'' Do we strike that from the Chamber? Do we? A Nation without God is a Nation without order. An America that restricts God gives license to the devil. We are nitpicking over something that nine Supreme Court members should have enough anatomy to ratify, the free exercise of religion. If a ballplayer wants to say a prayer, I want someone to show me how it is unconstitutional. They need a shrink over there. I support the resolution, and I think Congress better start drafting laws, because the precedents of the courts are what are running America, and the Founders did not want that, either.”