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• n  cancellation of civil rights

• The Court called Congress' action a "bill of attainder"and gave Congress the hardest rap in more than a decade.
• The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, declared that the Landrum-Griffin provision was a bill of attainder, and therefore unconstitutional.
• The champions of the last Plantagenet also cite a bill of attainder, or disqualification, brought by Henry VII against his predecessor after Richard died at Bosworth.

• civil death

News & Articles

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• Did Congress just pass a bill of attainder punishing a dead man?
  Congress has passed legislation ordering national cemetery officials to disinter the remains of a killer. Could this be considered a bill of attainder, the kind banned by the Constitution? Click to Continue »
  Dec. 11, 2013 - McClatchy Washington Bureau

Quotes

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• Judd Gregg in Bloomberg
  It's basically targeted on a small group of people, which is technically a bill of attainder,Gregg said. "Even though it may be drafted to be broad, it's actually targeted."
• Jerrold Nadler in NPR
  The court made the right decision in this case,Nadler wrote me in an e-mail. "I am gratified that my analysis of the punitive and blatantly unconstitutional bill of attainder has been vindicated by the judiciary."
• Laurence Tribe in USA Today
  Tribe said "the pitchfork mentality" surrounding the House bill may make it "at least potentially vulnerable to attack under the bill of attainder clause."