To: nickcarraway; P-Marlowe
It's the civil equivalent of a Bill of Attainder and raises all kinds of Amed XIV Equal Protection problems.
337 posted on
03/26/2005 9:43:03 AM PST by
jude24
(The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then gets elected and proves it.)
To: jude24; nickcarraway; xzins
It's the civil equivalent of a Bill of Attainder and raises all kinds of Amed XIV Equal Protection problems.bill of attainder
n. pl. bills of attainder
- A legislative act pronouncing a person guilty of a crime, usually treason, without trial and subjecting that person to capital punishment and attainder. Such acts are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
Passing a law protecting Terri Schiavo is NOT a bill of attainder. A Bill of Attainder applies ONLY to CRIMINAL acts, not civil judgments.
If anything Judge Greer's prohibition against using natural means of feeding is the judicial equivalent of a Bill of Attainder pronouncing her guilty of some kind of capital crime.
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