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Tax 'em to, er, death, say I. But stop preaching about it and passing virtual bills of attainder against them.
( Slate 's "Explainer" examines the "bill of attainder" at greater length here.)
Thomas Jones' History of New York during The Revolutionary War states that “The Act of Attainder.
attainder ( n .) The legal consequence of judgment of death or outlawry pronounced in respect to treason or felony.
Congress cannot impose community service on the president without his permission--that would be an unconstitutional "bill of attainder."
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