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To: chessplayer

I am pretty sure you can’t pass legislation aimed at one person. It was a SCOTUS ruling way back when.

Can someone check me on that?


11 posted on 07/18/2012 4:59:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (obozo could bring back literal slavery with chains and still he will get 85+% of the black vote)
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To: freedumb2003
I am pretty sure you can’t pass legislation aimed at one person.

You are speaking of a "bill of attainder", and it is, indeed, unconstitutional, but to be invalidated it must be shown that one, and only one, individual would ever be affected.

"All candidates" is obviously more than one person.

27 posted on 07/18/2012 5:49:11 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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