Can you answer any of these questions posed by other users? Think of it as a civic good deed. You can submit a short question too.

Answered by a visitor on Oct 5, 2009 2:24 PM - This is actually surprisingly difficult to answer. I would; however, lean on the side that it is unconstitutional. The per se criteria for specificity is clear met in this bill. I would also argue that this meets the functional equivalent of punishment and there is clearly NO non-punitive legislative purpose for the passage of this bill. SCOTUS typically give Congress a bit of room on regulatory issues, but where does the rational non-punitive regulatory purpose exist? It's clearly a punitive view in my bill and clearly is a congressional witch-hunt designed to punish an organization without trial.

I believe the courts would have sufficient ability to overturn this statue, although it is clearly up for a huge debate.

For a more eloquent analysis that largely agrees with my reading of the bill, I suggest reading the Congressional Research Service report. They basically state the same thing that courts may find this unconstitutional - or they may not. Depends how you read it I suppose.

CRS Report: http://volokh.com/files/acornattainder.pdf