Legal scholar: "Stripping federal funding is a bill of attainder"
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Date: September 30th, 2015 3:53 PM Author: Supple trump supporter jewess
12 On December 11, 2009, a district court in the Eastern District of New York held that the language in the Continuing
Resolution that prohibited the provision of federal funds to ACORN was an unconstitutional bill of attainder, and
enjoined the enforcement of the prohibitions. ACORN v. United States, 662 F. Supp. 2d 285 (E.D.N.Y. 2009). The
decision was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which found no constitutional
infirmity with the legislation. ACORN v. United States, 618 F.3d 125 (2d. Cir. 2010).
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3005054&forum_id=2#28869953) |
Date: September 30th, 2015 3:54 PM Author: Supple trump supporter jewess
For instance, there was, for a time, significant controversy about bonuses paid to employees of entities that had received Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds from the federal government under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.5 In response to this concern, various proposals were made to impose taxes on such bonuses. One such bill, which passed the House, would have taxed bonuses as income to the employee at a rate of 90%,6 while another, introduced in the Senate, would have imposed an excise tax equal to 35% of the bonus on both the employee and entity.7 Significantly, both bills would have applied retroactively to tax bonuses awarded before the legislation was passed.8 Concerns were expressed that, because these bills targeted the bonuses of employees of specific companies that had received funds, they could be seen as bills of attainder.9
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3005054&forum_id=2#28869961) |
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