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To: SMGFan

Isn’t this a bill of attainder?


11 posted on 07/30/2019 5:11:40 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

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A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of pains and penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them, often without a trial. As with attainder resulting from the normal judicial process, the effect of such a bill is to nullify the targeted person’s civil rights,


17 posted on 07/30/2019 5:18:27 PM PDT by SMGFan
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