Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to incarceration for minor traffic offenses.
Last action on May 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the eighth article of amendment and proposes a new article that prohibits requiring excessive bail, imposing excessive fines, or inflicting cruel and unusual punishments (existing law) specifically including incarceration, before or after trial, for minor traffic offenses.
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