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And all of these ought to be declared illegal via the Constitution's prohibition on bills of attainder.
by tathougies 7y ago
And all of these ought to be declared illegal via the Constitution's prohibition on bills of attainder.
- qtplatypus 7y agoHow is that a bill of attainder? A bill of attainder is one that says “$Foo $Bar and $Baz of people will be punished/have properly removed”. And exemption from a regulation is “If you fulfill this criteria/make an application then different set of regulations take effect”.
- tathougies 7y ago> A bill of attainder is one that says “$Foo $Bar and $Baz of people will be punished/have properly removed” Correct. However, I see no difference between this, and attempting to formulate a set of criteria that is obviously intended to make the law only apply to someone (or some entity) the legislature has already selected. I think we have lots of examples of laws in the current US code that clearly were written with criteria designed to uniquely punish certain individuals or businesses, and I don't see a substantive difference between this and a 'traditional' bill of attainder.