To: DakotaRed
The challenges that this law is both an ex post facto law and a bill of attainder should be interesting.
To: Question_Assumptions
Do they just ignore that they knew of the bonuses and that it was Senator Dodd who placed the exemption for their pay outs in the bill?
11 posted on
03/19/2009 12:08:54 PM PDT by
DakotaRed
(Don't you wish you had supported a conservative when you had the chance?)
To: Question_Assumptions
If they can take away their bonuses, we will not be far behind.
31 posted on
03/19/2009 12:12:46 PM PDT by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
To: Question_Assumptions
Ex post facto is relevant only in criminal matters.
But it is a bill of attainder.
To: Question_Assumptions
The challenges that this law is both an ex post facto law and a bill of attainder should be interesting.You make the assumption that the constitution still means something to the bureaucrats and politicians. People like Obama and Biden wipe their a$$e$ on it every day.
81 posted on
03/19/2009 12:32:42 PM PDT by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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