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Schiavo, Ct’d…

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

Joshua Claybourn disagrees with me on the extra-constitutionalitly of the Schiavo law just passed by Congress.

I still think the law smacks of bth a bill of attainder and amounts to an ex post facto law, but given my modest legal training, I’m open to being wrong.

Of course, a law can be constitutional and still be awful policy.

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2 Responses to “Schiavo, Ct’d…”

  1. #1 |  In the Agora |  March 20th, 2005 at 10:46 pm

    Terri Schiavo’s federal law: constitutional?

    Given that Congress is considering and currently working to pass legislation concerning Terri Schiavo, it’s worth considering whether the legislation is constitutional. The bill that the Senate approved late last week can be accessed here. Does the tex…

  2. #2 |  Don Singleton |  March 21st, 2005 at 12:45 pm

    Bad prescident

    I suspect the bill is constitutional, but I believe it sets a very bad prescident