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To: MinorityRepublican

Sounds like a Bill of Attainder. They seem to be targeting it at one individual. I thought the Constitution prohibited bills of attainder.


33 posted on 05/20/2012 6:03:23 PM PDT by chimera
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To: chimera

Didn’t you get the memo? The Constitution is irrelevant.


37 posted on 05/20/2012 6:04:58 PM PDT by iceskater (I am a Carnivore Conservative - No peas for me. (h/t N.Theknow))
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To: chimera

Would the Constitution be against a bill that say anyone with $40 billion or above have 90% tax on their wealth. Which only includes the two biggest Liberals, Bill Gates and Warren Bufffet. Just curious


47 posted on 05/20/2012 6:11:29 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: chimera
Bill of Attainder

Ted Kennedy sponsored a Bill of Attainder against Rupert Murdoch because a columnist at the Boston Herald referred to Kennedy as "Fat Boy".

The courts sided with The Constitution and Murdoch, but that was back in the late 1980s.

82 posted on 05/20/2012 6:59:10 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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