| The controversy eventually led to Laud's impeachment for treason by a bill of attainder in 1645, and subsequent execution. |
| On Wednesday, the appellate court decided in Con Edison's favor on a single issue, striking down the law as a bill of attainder. |
| This month, Judge Gershon ruled that cutting the group's financing was an illegal bill of attainder. |
| Pym and his allies immediately launched a bill of attainder, which simply declared Strafford guilty and pronounced the sentence of death. |
| A bill of attainder, which is banned by the Constitution, is a law that has a negative effect on a single person or group. |
| Acorn has filed a lawsuit arguing that the statute banning the government from providing it money amounts to a bill of attainder. |
