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This asshat 'Constitutional scholar' doesn't even know about that little thing called a Bill of Attainder which is right in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. and is along with ex post facto laws, UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Latest Articles 2009
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The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the person Attainted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Peter Spiro on Lieberman’s Citizenship-Stripping Legislation 2010
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Result: ACORN funding cut in bill of Attainder under Democratic trifecta.
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GOP flouts Constitution, enacts Writ of Attainder.
Think Progress » Vitter introduces frivolous amendment to deny federal funds to dissolving ACORN. 2010
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He argues that the closing of a tax loophole, which enables private equity managers and hedge fund managers to have their earned interest income taxed at a 15% capital gains rate, somehow constitutes a Bill of Attainder.
David Fiderer: When Hedge Fund Managers Talk, Andrew Ross Sorkin Transcribes, Uncritically 2010
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He argues that the closing of a tax loophole, which enables private equity managers and hedge fund managers to have their earned interest income taxed at a 15% capital gains rate, somehow constitutes a Bill of Attainder.
David Fiderer: When Hedge Fund Managers Talk, Andrew Ross Sorkin Transcribes, Uncritically 2010
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No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any title of Nobility.
Henry J. Stern: Paterson Channels Polonius: Albany Skirmish Over Borrowing 2010
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A Bill of Attainder is an ex-post facto change in the law designed to inflict punishment on a single person or a small identifiable group.
David Fiderer: When Hedge Fund Managers Talk, Andrew Ross Sorkin Transcribes, Uncritically 2010
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No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any title of Nobility.
Henry J. Stern: Paterson Channels Polonius: Albany Skirmish Over Borrowing 2010
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A Bill of Attainder is an ex-post facto change in the law designed to inflict punishment on a single person or a small identifiable group.
David Fiderer: When Hedge Fund Managers Talk, Andrew Ross Sorkin Transcribes, Uncritically 2010
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