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@Humpleupagus @Diceynes @msbellows @JedDrudge @eriner I think there were a lot of ideas that sounded good at the time, but which, in retrospect, were the Colonial version of FUCK YOU DAD on paper:

• corruption of blood: yes, it is entirely reasonable to cut off an entire branches' worth of inheritance, as a means of preventing the transmission of ill-gotten gains; note that they effectively still do this, they just have to jump through more hoops and lie about it

• bills of attainder: yes, sometimes it is necessary to make a specific law saying "this one fucking asshole right here is now illegal"; note that they also effectively still do this, just with more hoops and bullshit etc.

• cruel and unusual punishment: yes, it is necessary to make grotesque examples sometimes, and it isn't about that person, it's about everybody else

I'd keep the ban on ex post facto law, up to a point, although it is very clear that it would be extremely useful in a number of cases right now