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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (536562)	12/14/2009 11:21:59 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1571757

>You can't declare just any damn thing you feel like as a "bill of attainder," then claim it's part of the Constitution. No, you can know what a bill of attainder is, and then identify one when you see it. -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (536562)	12/15/2009 2:26:54 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571757

"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.