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> laws that target specific companies or individuals are unconstitutional This is a misunderstanding. The constitution prohibits “bills of attainder”, which ar
by semiquaver 3y ago
> laws that target specific companies or individuals are unconstitutional
This is a misunderstanding. The constitution prohibits “bills of attainder”, which are laws that short-circuit the justice system and punish past behavior legislatively rather than via the judicial system, basically declaring “it is the law that x is guilty of crime y (and will be punished with z)”. Targeting an individual or small group is only one of the several criteria that need to be satisfied for such a law to be unconstitutional.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C3-2/ALDE_00013187/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C3-2/...