https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a 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, most notably the right to own property (and thus pass it on to heirs), the right to a title of nobility, and, in at least the original usage, the right to life itself. Bills of attainder passed in Parliament by Henry VIII on 29 January 1542 resulted in the executions of a number of notable historical figures.
Is this legal at all?
Is this legal at all?
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Not in The United States of America. It had roots in England, which the founders of our Country specifically wanted to avoid.
But then our Government has become mostly lawless.
If the Senate passes a resolution of censure (majority vote) and declares that it has the force of law and thus Donald Trump can not hold public office - to me that is clearly a Bill of Attainder - a punitive law affecting only one citizen... and done without due process.