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It's decided who the defendant is — TikTok — and it's essentially adjudicated their guilt — guilt in a civil sense, not in a criminal sense — which is the mark of a bill of attainder.
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Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
—Haleluya Hadero The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
In response to the other constitutional argument TikTok is making, DOJ said the law is not a bill of attainder because addressing national security concerns is not a form of punishment and bills of attainder apply to people, not corporations.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 27 July 2024
Law professors who spoke to Ars last month correctly predicted that TikTok and ByteDance would raise objections under the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause, and the prohibition on bills of attainder.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
TikTok alleges violations of its First Amendment and Equal Protection rights, as well unconstitutional bill of attainder, which allows the government to declare a party culpable of a crime without a trial, and taking.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
This broader remit avoids violating the Constitution’s bill of attainder clause, which prohibits legislation from imposing a punishment on a specific person or group of people without a trial.
—Aynne Kokas, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
And a September report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service noted that China’s Huawei Technologies and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab had previously failed in challenging restrictions on their U.S. businesses based on bill of attainder arguments.
—Eva Dou, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
The law’s failure to target any company but TikTok is a key issue in the company’s own legal challenge, which says the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on bills of attainder, or laws that punish a specific business or person without a judicial proceeding.
—Lisa Bonos, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
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Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
—Haleluya Hadero The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
In response to the other constitutional argument TikTok is making, DOJ said the law is not a bill of attainder because addressing national security concerns is not a form of punishment and bills of attainder apply to people, not corporations.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 27 July 2024
Law professors who spoke to Ars last month correctly predicted that TikTok and ByteDance would raise objections under the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause, and the prohibition on bills of attainder.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
TikTok alleges violations of its First Amendment and Equal Protection rights, as well unconstitutional bill of attainder, which allows the government to declare a party culpable of a crime without a trial, and taking.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
This broader remit avoids violating the Constitution’s bill of attainder clause, which prohibits legislation from imposing a punishment on a specific person or group of people without a trial.
—Aynne Kokas, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
And a September report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service noted that China’s Huawei Technologies and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab had previously failed in challenging restrictions on their U.S. businesses based on bill of attainder arguments.
—Eva Dou, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
The law’s failure to target any company but TikTok is a key issue in the company’s own legal challenge, which says the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on bills of attainder, or laws that punish a specific business or person without a judicial proceeding.
—Lisa Bonos, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
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“Bill of attainder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bill%20of%20attainder. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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