3 ms·
> I'm not a constitutional scholar, but this seems moderately dubious to me, but it might be constitutionally viable maybe. It is one of the powers specificall
by UncleEntity 4y ago
> I'm not a constitutional scholar, but this seems moderately dubious to me, but it might be constitutionally viable maybe.
It is one of the powers specifically granted to congress so this isn’t one of their “commerce clause gives us power over everything” shenanigans.
- nybble41 4y agoThe dubious part isn't the 28+28 year copyright term for new works, but rather the part where they penalize a single organization (not named, but the criteria only includes Disney) by shortening only its copyright terms for existing works when everything else is grandfathered in. This is, arguably, a bill of attainder—punishment by legislative fiat without judicial process—which the Constitution specifically prohibits.