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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Nope. A law outlawing a certain practice is not a bill of attainder or ex post facto law, even if the law is designed only to apply to one person or entity. A bill of attainder declares a specific party guilty of a crime without trial. State legislatures have vast police powers, even when they use them in dumb partisan ways like they are in this case.


13 posted on 08/16/2022 8:49:12 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker
Wrong.

The clause thus prohibits all legislative acts, “no matter what their form, that apply either to named individuals or to easily ascertainable members of a group in such a way as to inflict punishment on them without a judicial trial. . . .”

(United States v. Lovett)

18 posted on 08/16/2022 9:16:33 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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