Meaning of bill of attainder | Babel Free

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A legislative determination imposing punishment without trial.

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“They resolved to copy⟳ a Tudor precedent and to proceed against him by bill of attainder. Doubts of law and defects of evidence would thus be cured”

“Coupled with the Constitution's proscription of ex post⟳ facto laws is a similar prohibition against bills of attainder.”

“That the tax would take⟳ effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: "Such legislation could well run⟳ afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post⟳ facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like⟳.”

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