[ChicagoHebrew]

Having just read the act, I'd have to say it's been a long time since I read something so blatantly unconstitutional (well... since McCain-Feingold anyway).

Why or why didn't Congress just make it a general law applying to anyone in her situation?? Right now it reads like a totally unconstitutional bill of attainder.

[thoughtomator]

You need to read up on what a Bill of Attainder actually is.

[Squantos]

They aren't punishing anyone without trial are they ?

[mjtobias]

Why?

Because this bill is strictly for Terri.

God bless the president.

[freedomdefender]

I'd have to say it's been a long time since I read something so blatantly unconstitutional (well... since McCain-Feingold anyway).

Since you already showed that you don't know what the phrase, "bill of attainder" means, I'll take your constitutional analysis with a pile of salt, thank you.

[rwfromkansas]

Because the Dems would not go for the more expansive bill.

The Republicans wanted that, but time was a wasting and they had to try for this.

[Lauren BaRecall]

The House did. The Senate wouldn't. The two houses compromised. This is what they came up with. They had to move fast, because Terri was starving.