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> One-off laws for specific legal entities (individuals or corporations) are unconstitutional, so no one is asking for a law that exempts Tesla and Tesla only.
by gergles 13y ago
> One-off laws for specific legal entities (individuals or corporations) are unconstitutional, so no one is asking for a law that exempts Tesla and Tesla only.
As an aside, that's actually not true - laws that are intended to benefit one person are passed all the time. [1]
What the constitution forbids are bills of attainder, which are bills that declare a person guilty of a crime.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_bill#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_bill#United_States