To: SamuraiScot
Isn’t a bill that applies only to one, named individual or company a “bill of attainder,” and therefore unconstitutional? Nope. A BOA is a law written to outlaw something AFTER it was committed and then charging the person who committed said crime.
10 posted on
02/12/2015 10:06:35 AM PST by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rjsimmon
Pretty sure that’s an ex post facto law you’re describing...
13 posted on
02/12/2015 10:15:47 AM PST by
jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson