The Supreme Court, of the federal united States, hands down Fletcher v. Peck, declaring as unlawful a Georgia statute intended to extract restitution for the victims of the Yazoo Land Fraud scandal from its perpetrators.
NOTE: The statute in question was a Bill of Attainder: pronouncement of guilt by the legislature, which circumvents due process.
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Authority:
Article I, Section 10 [Clause 1]
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References:
William M. Weicek, The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution, (Ithaca, New York and London: Cornell University Press, 1972), 250.
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