My understanding(not much) is Bills of Attainder are *punitive* laws that apply to one specific person... In a perverse way, that WOULD be the effect on Terri Schiavo, so perhaps it may be a philosophically relevant issue, but I haven't followed the constitutional ins and outs of it, as I consider most of the politicians in government today would be considered treasonous by the people that hammered together the constitution, anyway...
Leigh
----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Brown To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Terri Schiavo and Disability Rights
Yoshie Furuhashi : The Terri Schiavo Case: Congress Rushes In Where Only Courts Should Tread By ELAINE CASSEL ---- <http://writ.news.findlaw.com/cassel/20050324.html> Thursday, Mar. 24, 2005
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CB: I'm wondering why this is not a Bill of Attainder. Maybe because it's civil not criminal ?
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