[Leaning Right]

> Isn’t that a bill of attainder and therefore unconstitutional? <

I was thinking along those same lines. Ex post facto laws are prohibited by the Constitution. But...an ex post facto law is a law that punishes some act that was legal when it was done.

Entering the Capitol as it was done on January 6th was not legal. So I don’t know if the ex post facto prohibition would apply. I think it would because they are trying to add new penalties to old crimes.

[hanamizu]

“Ex post facto laws are prohibited by the Constitution. But...an ex post facto law is a law that punishes some act that was legal when it was done.”

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I believe the same argument was used to deprive those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence of firearm rights even before that law was passed.