Quote: nerd wrote in post #29Acorn group and defunding them, where is the group in obama care there is no group.
Do you know what attainder means?
Didn't think so.
Attainder is the act of punishing someone legislatively while circumventing due process.
The violated foundational principle is that only illegal to behavior should be punished, not simply being or belonging to a politically disfavored group.
Do you really think you're the first genius who had the brilliant idea of withholding funding to garner a back door victory after having lost a legislative battle?
Duh.......hardly.
That's why bills of attainder are banned by the U.S. Constitution and the constitutions of all 50 states.
Furthermore, of course the DOJ would take up the matter, as its charter requires it to represent the federal government in open court.
There's no easy shortcut here, Nerd, Obamacare will have to be repealed.
Quote: nerd wrote in post #29Acorn group and defunding them, where is the group in obama care there is no group.
Do you know what attainder means?
Didn't think so.
Attainder is the act of punishing someone legislatively while circumventing due process.
The violated foundational principle is that only illegal to behavior should be punished, not simply being or belonging to a politically disfavored group.
Do you really think you're the first genius who had the brilliant idea of withholding funding to garner a back door victory after having lost a legislative battle?
Duh.......hardly.
That's why bills of attainder are banned by the U.S. Constitution and the constitutions of all 50 states.
Furthermore, of course the DOJ would take up the matter, as its charter requires it to represent the federal government in open court.
There's no easy shortcut here, Nerd, Obamacare will have to be repealed.
Talking to your nutty self again I see, yes I know what it and I told you it did not apply in this case. Defunding is not attached to anyone person are group. The comparison to the acorn "grants" was" childish. And no I have no high regard for your google search. It is not illegal to defund a program are even parts of a program. But selecting one grantee out of the many grantees is.
I am not a republican I am a conservative, and supporter of the rule of law. And refuse to support any of Roves dopes.