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| | Bill of attainder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) was an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime, and punishing them, without benefit of a trial. | | | The provision forbidding state law bills of attainder reflects the importance that the framers attached to this issue, since the unamended constitution imposes very few restrictions on state governments' power. | | | The United States Constitution forbids both the federal and state governments from enacting bills of attainder, in Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, respectively. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Attainder |
| | A bill of attainder may be defined to be an Act of Parliament for putting a man to death or for otherwise punishing him without trial in the usual form. | | | In a strictly technical sense it may be said that a Bill of Attainder is a legislative act inflicting the punishment of death without a trial, and that a Bill of Pains and Penalties is such an act inflicting a milder punishment. | | | While bills of attainder were used in England as early as 1321 in the procedure employed by Parliament in the banishment of the two Despensers (1 St. tr. |
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| | Bill Of Attainder -- resources |
| | Are State Marriage Amendments Bills of Attainder?: A Case Study of... | | | A bill of attainder is a legislative act declaring the... | | | I, â? 9, Cl. 3 (Bill of Attainder Clause).................. |
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| | FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code |
| | 5 We agree that 504 is void as a bill of attainder and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals on that basis. | | | 14 The use of bills of attainder and bills of pains and penalties was not limited to England. | | | 8 The "bill of pains and penalties" was identical to the bill of attainder, except that it prescribed a penalty short of death, 9 e. |
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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=381&page=437
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| | SBC Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission |
| | Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. | | | All bills of attainder specify the offense for which the attainted person was deemed guilty and for which the punishment was imposed. | | | Upon judgment therefore of death, and not before, the attainder of a criminal commences: or upon such circumstances as are equivalent to judgment of death; as judgment of outlawry on a capital crime, pronounced for absconding or fleeing from justice, which tacitly confesses the guilt. |
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| | Such bills are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution. |
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| | THE BILL OF ATTAINDER CLAUSE: A NEW WEAPON TO CHALLENGE THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990 |
| | To address these questions, it is necessary to discuss the elements of bills of attainder, the origin and justifications for the constitutional prohibition on bills of attainder, and the Supreme Court’s test for analyzing whether a legislative action constitutes a bill of attainder. | | | 141 Under English law, a bill of pains and penalties was identical to a bill of attainder, except that it prescribed a punishment short of death such as: banishment, deprivation of the right to vote, exclusion of the designated individual’s sons from Parliament, or the punitive confiscation of property. | | | A law will be an unconstitutional bill of attainder if it imposes a punishment traditionally prohibited by the Clause. |
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http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bcealr/28_1/04_TXT.htm
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| | Bill Of Attainder legal challenge |
| | The United States and New York Legislative programs criminalizing the handling of controlled substances as aforesaid constitute Bills of Attainder and Pains and Penalties, prohibited in like measure by the Constitution of the United States, Art.I, s. | | | Please note that although some of the legal terms and concepts may seem familiar to those who have not studied bills of attainder; the formulation of such a claim is different in kind (and somewhat more involved in degrees) than a standard action based on the Bill of Rights. | | | The history of the Acts and means employed therein are a classic example of Bills of Attainder and Pains and Penalties. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/billofattainder
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| | The Most Important Blog... Ever: Bill of Attainder |
| | While some conservative commentators have insisted that the emergency bill that might be passed tonight is technically not a bill of attainder because this "isn't a criminal case" and because the courts will still decide the issue eventually, I think the Supreme Court might disagree. | | | From what I understand (and I'm not a lawyer, though I think there is one that posts to this blog) a Bill of Attainder is a law used to punish and individual, and thus this act, which theoretically protects the only target, is not such a bill. | | | In any event, the attainder issue will undoubtedly be raised if the case reaches the federal court system. |
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http://www.eriklove.com/blog/blog/2005/03/bill-of-attainder.html
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| | Story: Appellants' Brief in SBC, 3/27/98 |
| | A Bill of Attainder is a legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial. | | | The Court held that this rose to the level of a punishment within the meaning of of the Bill of Attainder clause. | | | "Sections 271-273 of the 1996 Act are not bills of attainder. |
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http://www.techlawjournal.com/telecom/80327sbc.htm
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| | SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Bill Of Attainder |
| | Some have called it an unconstitutional "bill of attainder," because it usurps a settled judicial proceeding, but Congress justifies it as a "private bill" of the kind sometimes passed to aid individuals when all else fails. | | | The NRA brought its own lawsuit against the statute in Michigan federal court, but was dismissed by the court for lack of standing to sue. | | | The Circuit Court had rejected Navegar's arguments that the statute exceeded the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce and constituted an unconstitutional bill of attainder. |
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http://www.lawkt.com/files/Bill_Of_Attainder.html
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| | Confessions of a Pilgrim » Schiavo: Bills of Attainder |
| | Just as this bill will almost certianly be overturned by the Supreme Court any future bills would be overturned as well…only after the effect was in place for a period of time. | | | Schiavo is not being punished by the government, she is singled out and at the moment of her death, whether that is in 2 weeks or 20 years from now, the legislation becomes moot. | | | Legislating from the Bench is a dangerous thing that must be dealt with and Congress attempting to rip up Spousal rights with Bills of Attainder is also dangerous. |
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| | LII: Constitution |
| | The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. | | | All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills. | | | No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. |
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html
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| | The Head Heeb: Bill of attainder |
| | In sentencing Bennett, the Zimbabwe Parliament has essentially revived the institution of the bill of attainder. | | | Zimbabwe is one of the few countries in the world where the legislature can discipline its members by imprisonment, and Bennett became "the first person in the country to be sentenced outside the court process" in a 54-42 party-line vote. | | | Needless to say, neither Bennett nor the MDC is willing to concede the legitimacy of a sentence handed down by a "court" in which his political opponents hold the whip hand. |
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| | Fw: Bill Of Attainder Project |
| | > > Adam J. Smith > > The Bill Of Attainder Project has brought forth the > facts about the news we receive from the national media being > influenced by the government. | | | One > is to demand legislation that ends bills of attainder. | | | > > For more information about the Bill Of Attainder Project see: > http://www.isc-durant.com/tom/billofattainder > > > +-+ sent by the Prison Activist List +-+ See the Prison Issues Desk webpage at . |
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| | Boston College Pulls Bill-of-Attainder Hyperlink |
| | Crosstar has secured the removal of all such postings under Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which prohibits Bills of Attainder. | | | BOSTON - A novel but short-lived attempt to circumvent the constitutional ban on Bills of Attainder ended when Boston College removed a hyperlink on its computers which had accused The Nationalist Movement of engaging in "hate-speech." Professor Chaim Perelman had posted a page entitled Hate-Speech for a course entitled Contemporary Rhetoric. | | | The posting of Enemies' Lists had begun with the Hillel Foundation in Canada in 1996, and eventually spread to over two dozen colleges and, even, some state-agencies, in which Nationalists were lambasted as "haters," "deviants" and, even, "pornographers," for advocating a pro-majority platform. |
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| | The Executive Bill of Attainder By Lorraine Stone, Oceanside, NY |
| | Seized by federal agents at O'Hare Airport (which was named for a hero who died protecting America and the Constitution, the Republic's beating heart), Padilla is incarcerated in a Navy brig, denied access to attorneys, and perhaps uninformed of the accusations against him—isolated and stripped of all Constitutional protections. | | | Padilla, a thug who likely couldn't build a tinkertoy, is purportedly sufficiently dangerous to justify abrogating Amendments IV, V and VI, which were intended to remove a dangerously tyrannical threat to our republic: the Bill of Attainder. | | | The Executive Bill of Attainder By Lorraine Stone, Oceanside, NY Weather in Winsted, CT For local news delivered via email enter address here: |
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http://www.thevoicenews.com/News/2002/0712/Features/F03.html
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| | LawKT.com: Law Firm Publications on Bill Of Attainder |
| | LawKT.com: Law Firm Publications on Bill Of Attainder | | | 1999DC Circuit Rejects Bill Of Attainder Challenge To Section 271 Of The Telecommunications Act of 1996By: Lisa L. Friedlander, Martin L. SternOn December 22, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held, in BellSouth Corporation v. | | | Preston Gates & Ellis : DC Circuit Rejects Bill Of Attainder Challenge To Section 271 Of The Telecommunications Act of 1996 ArticlesAlertsNewslettersPresentations 1. |
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| | Bill of Attainder & Ex Post Facto Law Library |
| | Bill of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Law Library | | | Legend: If more than one file format available, click on the button to get the indicated file format: |
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