>Yeah, I know. AIG bonuses an outrage...whatever. But do any of you realize how grossly unconstitutional the congressional bill to confiscate the bonuses via taxation is?
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>It's obviously a Bill of Attainder
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>"A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) is an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. Bills of attainder are forbidden by Article I, section 9, clause 3 of the United States Constitution."
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>If they get away with this one then nothing is safe.

I'm not happy about such a thing either, but I doubt you could get away with calling it a declaration of guilt without trial. They aren't being accused of a crime, only of unmitigated greed and collossal gall.