[P-Marlowe]

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.

[jude24]

Passing a law protecting Terri Schiavo is NOT a bill of attainder. A Bill of Attainder applies ONLY to CRIMINAL acts, not civil judgments.

It's the civil equivalent of a Bill of Attainder. As I said before. It may not be unconstitutional under the Bill of Attainder clause, but it certainly is under the Equal Protection Clause. There cannot be a unique jurisdictional for Terri Schaivo alone. That blatently violates the Equal Protection Clause.