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To: rdl6989

A bill targeting one individual alone? That looks like a violation of the United States Constitution.


2 posted on 07/30/2019 11:32:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure this will be stopped in federal court.


3 posted on 07/30/2019 11:33:42 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: SeekAndFind

It is phrased “any candidate”

The intention may be clear, but the phrasing works.


10 posted on 07/30/2019 11:34:37 AM PDT by Hieronymus ("I shall drink--to the Pope, if you please,-still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.")
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To: SeekAndFind

They say it for anyone running, so we should get to see all the Dems as well.


11 posted on 07/30/2019 11:35:15 AM PDT by RGF
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To: SeekAndFind

Read beyond the headline.


15 posted on 07/30/2019 11:36:08 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: SeekAndFind
A bill targeting one individual alone? That looks like a violation of the United States Constitution.

It is. It's call a bill of attainder

22 posted on 07/30/2019 11:39:04 AM PDT by eddie willers
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To: SeekAndFind
A bill targeting one individual alone? That looks like a violation of the United States Constitution.

Sure, but it could easily be modified to say "all" had to release their returns, but selectively enforced (say, Bernie gives one year, but they need "more info going back further" for Trump.)

37 posted on 07/30/2019 11:49:18 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like a bill of attainder.

Expressly forbidden by the Constitution.


65 posted on 07/30/2019 12:39:41 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like?

It IS a violation.


79 posted on 07/30/2019 1:47:13 PM PDT by cranked
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