>>>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.
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>>Does the US have the rule of law, or the rule of Obama? Some of these legislative gyrations are reminiscent of moves Putin used to make (still does?) ...
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>Oh, is Obama back in the legislature? I hadn't heard that.
Who cares? He didn't do much when he was there anyway. :)
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)
