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March 23, 2010
Bill of Attainder
One of the dissatisfactions that American colonists had with the mother country was the "bill of attainder" process then in common use, wherein the state could declare a subject to be in violation of the law and seize his property without the benefit of a trial. Bills of attainder are expressly prohibited under Article I, Section 9 of the US Constitution. Obamacare is now the law of the land, and it authorizes the state to seize property -- in the form of financial penalties -- from citizens who decline to purchase private health insurance. -- Neptunus Lex
Posted by Vanderleun at March 23, 2010 8:08 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Not a Bill of Attainder. Those were legislative declarations that you were guilty of a crime and had to pay a certain penalty, your money, your life, etc.
Here the law is known in advance. If you break it you will be fined.
The law is blatantly unconstitutional. But, what is a constitution compared to the Glory of the Won.
Posted by: Fat Man at March 23, 2010 9:24 PM