Practice question
A statute identifies a named group but requires prosecution and judicial proof of specified unlawful acts before punishment. Does naming the group alone conclusively make it a bill of attainder?
- Yes; no law may identify any group.
- Yes; courts become irrelevant whenever a group is named.
- Yes; every criminal statute is an attainder.
- Yes; punishment after trial is the same as punishment without trial.
- No; the inquiry also requires legislative punishment without judicial trial, rather than identification alone.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, section 22, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Trillanes IV v. Medialdea, G.R. Nos. 241494, 256660 and 256078, April 3, 2024, ex post facto laws and bills of attainder discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_241494_2024.html
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