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To add https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#a1_sec9 https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution... https://en.wiki
by sumtechguy 6y ago
To add https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#a1_sec9 https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
The constitution commands the congress to do this "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed."
The people who wrote the constitution knew how the crown was abusing people. They wrote it specifically to stop that. It is also attached in many cases to state constitutions.
Specifically in this case
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CONS§ionNum=SEC.%209.&article=I https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
Also I am not a lawyer so ....
Perhaps a middle ground can be reached. Where there is some sort of incentive for the inheritors of who did it, to fix it?