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Which makes the ban bill a bill of attainder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
by ETHisso2017 2y ago
Which makes the ban bill a bill of attainder:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
- nickburns 2y agounder the American rule of law, that's a determination reserved for a federal court of competent jurisdiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law
- robertk 2y agoNo, it doesn’t. This concerns a corporation subject to legitimate national security concerns, not “a person, or a group of people.”
- nickburns 2y agoan American corporation does in fact have some recognized legal personhood, and so a 'bill of attainder' could technically be found to exist within a legislative act which violates the legal rights of one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood#In_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood#In_the_Un...
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- JumpCrisscross 2y agoNope. Operant part of an attainder is no due process. In one year’s time, DoC will have to prove ByteDance is in violation of this law in a court. Simply naming a person isn’t enough to make a law an attainder, not even closely.