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House Dems have introduced a bill to ban “twice impeached presidents” from burial at Arlington National Cemetery and federal funds from going to buildings displaying their names or acknowledging their achievements (media.patriots.win) Show Trial
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– henri_derelicte 10 points ago +10 / -0

This might not be constitutional. In effect, it only affects one person (GEOTUS), meaning it is a bill of attainder. And there are questions about to what extent the disqualification can happen retroactively, which is an ex post facto law. Bills of attainder and ex post facto laws are both unconstitutional

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