Bill of Attainder

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1. Can punishment for attainder analysis include a penalty other than criminal imprisonment?
2. A law creates an investigative body, makes no guilt declaration, imposes no punishment and leaves prosecution and judgm…
3. An accused is charged for alleged direct participation in prohibited conduct and may contest every element in court. Do…
4. A statute directs an agency to investigate a specified corruption concern, but expressly requires a judicial complaint,…
5. A law singles out an ascertainable group and imposes a punitive occupational ban based on a legislative guilt finding, …
6. Distinguish a focused investigation that preserves judicial prosecution from legislative punishment.
7. Why is an Information not itself the legislative trial prohibited by the attainder clause?
8. Can a punitive occupational ban escape attainder review solely because it is not imprisonment?