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It's a bill of attainder, which is unconstitutional in the USA. May or may not be struck down in court.
by mik1998 2y ago
It's a bill of attainder, which is unconstitutional in the USA. May or may not be struck down in court.
- imzadi 2y agoNo it's not. China doesn't have any civil/constitutional rights in the USA.
- troglodynellc 2y agoThe constitution makes no reference to citizens with regards to what congress can and cannot do. Nearly all these things are couched with "congress shall pass no law" -- the focus is restricting the behavior of congress rather than the citizenry. This is a totally bunk argument. If you want an argument that does work against the constitution, SCOTUS' "empty shell" or Lysander Spooner's "Constitution of no authority" are of far more weight, but have more disturbing implications (e.g. You can disregard it completely; our system is precisely the "odious arbitrariness" the founders denounced).
- Aloisius 2y agoIt's not. A bill of attainder declares a specific person guilty for past actions and punishing them - thereby denying them the right to a judicial trial. While this bill does refer to a specific organization, it doesn't punish them for past actions, but rather constrains US companies in the future. That is perfectly ok as shown in cases like Huawei v. United States or Kaspersky Lab, Inc. v. DHS. Like Kaspersky, it's "prophylactic, not punitive."