Can’t Congress just eliminate Fauci’s Federal Retirement?

The impeached the judge BEFORE his retirement.

Can’t strip a pension after retirement.

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unconstitutional.

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This seems to only work one way.

Or there’s this. . . (From the law already governing his pension)


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An individual, or his survivor or beneficiary, may not be paid annuity or retired pay on the basis of the service of the individual which is creditable toward the annuity or retired pay, subject to the exceptions in section 8311(2) and (3) of this title, if the individual, before, on, or after September 1, 1954, refused or refuses, or knowingly and willfully failed or fails, to appear, testify, or produce a book, paper, record, or other document, relating to his service as an employee, before a Federal grand jury, court of the United States, court-martial, or congressional committee, in a proceeding concerning—

(1) his past or present relationship with a foreign government; or

(2) a matter involving or relating to an interference with or endangerment of, or involving or relating to a plan or attempt to interfere with or endanger, the national security or defense of the United States.

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So, Dr. Fauci, what exactly was your relationship with the Wuhan Institute of Virology?

That could work. That law is aimed at a class of people, not a named individual.

Although the SCOTUS test for a bill of attainder does not necessarily require a named individual. The test is:

-Specificity: The law targets an easily identifiable person or a specific group by name or characteristic.

-Punishment: It inflicts a penalty, deprivation of property, or a block from employment, rather than just imposing a regulatory burden.

-Lack of Trial: The punishment is forced directly by the legislative text without any court proceeding.


Interesting, I wonder if the law you cited could be challenged as a bill of attainder.

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He deserves all the scorn that could ever be heaped upon him.

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He's lucky the conservative population isn't stacked with Luigi Mangione types like the violent left is.