| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1993 - 492 էջ
...Act comes squarely within the rule set forth in United States v. BCfiKn, 381 US 437, 448-49 (1965): " [Legislative acts, no matter what their form, that...ascertainable members of a group in such a way as to * Quoting these words from Blackstone, Daniel Webster noted: By the law of the land is most clearly... | |
| E. Lauterpacht, C. J. Greenwood - 1993 - 810 էջ
...given the term "Bill of Attainder" in the United States Constitution a wide meaning. It extends to all "legislative acts, no matter what their form, that...inflict punishment on them without a judicial trial": United States v Lovett (1946) 328 US 303 at 315. On the other hand, the Supreme Court has construed... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1993 - 484 էջ
...recalled in Koniasbera v. State Bar of California. 366 US 36, 58 n.5 (1961) (Black, J. , dissenting) . inflict punishment on them without a judicial trial are bills of attainder prohibited by the Constitution."7 The Act imposes liability only in regard to firearms made by certain corporate persons... | |
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