Comments on: Oh No! Obama’s Bank Tax Is Unconstitutional! http://blog.macroaxis.com/2010/01/20/oh-no-obama%e2%80%99s-bank-tax-is-unconstitutional/ Macroaxis Blog Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lawrence Kramer http://blog.macroaxis.com/2010/01/20/oh-no-obama%e2%80%99s-bank-tax-is-unconstitutional/#comment-18401 Lawrence Kramer Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:04:09 +0000 http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-bank-tax-is-unconstitutional-2010-1#comment-18401 Whether this tax is technically a bill of attainder, it certainly is one conceptually.  In other words, even if it is constitutional, it's un-American. The language in the President's speech that bothers me most is "we want our money back."  That's exactly what plaintiffs say in civil court.  This proposed "responsibility fee" (aka "damages") is a lawsuit being heard by Congress, without a jury.  Where does the Constitution provide for that? Whether this tax is technically a bill of attainder, it certainly is one conceptually.  In other words, even if it is constitutional, it’s un-American.

The language in the President’s speech that bothers me most is “we want our money back.”  That’s exactly what plaintiffs say in civil court.  This proposed “responsibility fee” (aka “damages”) is a lawsuit being heard by Congress, without a jury.  Where does the Constitution provide for that?

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