" No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. "
A bill of attainder is a legislative act declaring the guilt of an individual or a group of persons and punishing them. Only the courts may determine whether one has violated a criminal statute. An ex post facto law declares an act illegal after it has been committed, or increases the punishment for an offense already committed.
I am thinking the above just shows how out of control the current group in the house is. After they voted to tax the folks or do any thing to a us citizen after the fact.
If the US Constitution is the law of the land then or so called reps have gone way to far for a very long time!
Telecom immunity remains intact as Democrats split on vote
* Elana Schor in Washington * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 February 2008 08.36 GMT
Despite a boost from Barack Obama — but not the absent Hillary Clinton — Democratic senators today failed to stop the Bush administration from winning legal immunity for telecom companies that helped the government eavesdrop on Americans.
Obama voted with 30 fellow Democrats to allow the telecom companies to face lawsuits, which civil liberties groups consider a crucial chance to unearth information on the administration's programme of wiretapping without a court warrant.
But the immunity survived, with 18 Democrats crossing over to support George Bush.
Clinton missed the vote on a day of intense last minute campaigning as Virginia, Maryland, and the capital all held presidential primaries. Whether her absence will spark criticism from liberal Democrats, who have made the fight against so-called "telecom immunity" a high priority, remains to be seen.
Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases. Ratified 12/15/1791.
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
these guys just don't seem to care...
"it's just a peice of paper"?
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