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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (536562)12/15/2009 2:26:54 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1571811
 
"You can't declare just any damn thing you feel like as a "bill of attainder," then claim it's part of the Constitution."

But, that isn't what has happened. This is clearly a bill of attainder, as has been upheld by the Supreme Court in several decisions.

Here are some other examples. A bill that would make any one who registered as a Republican or suspected of voting or supporting Republican candidates would be ineligible for Medicare/unemployment/SSI etc.

These are illegal because they are bills of attainder. And illustrates why bills of attainder are illegal. They have been often used to punish political opponents.
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