Bill of Attainder

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
Legislative act
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:United_Kingdom_(19th_century)
gptkbp:category gptkb:constitutional_law
Criminal law
gptkbp:citation Nixon v. Administrator of General Services (1977)
United States v. Brown (1965)
United States v. Lovett (1946)
gptkbp:contradictsPrinciple Right to a fair trial
Judicial process
gptkbp:defines A legislative act that singles out and punishes a specific person or group without a trial
gptkbp:historicallyUsedAgainst gptkb:noble_family
Political opponents
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bill of Attainder
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin French 'attaindre' (to convict)
gptkbp:notableExample Attainder of Mary, Queen of Scots
Attainder of Thomas Cromwell
gptkbp:notAllowedIn gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:State_law_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Medieval_England
gptkbp:penalty death
Imprisonment
Forfeiture of property
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Article_I,_Section_10,_Clause_1_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkb:Article_I,_Section_9,_Clause_3_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Separation_of_powers
Due process
Ex post facto law
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:British_Parliament
English law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Garland_v._United_States
gptkb:Act_of_Attainder
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8