Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Florida
legislation for the benefit of an individual
I seem to recall that legislation for the benefit of an individual is unconstitutional - what I do not recall is what this type of legislation is called?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: legislation for the benefit of an individual
Legislation *against* a particular individual is illegal, and such statutes are called bills of attainder.
I don't think there is a rule against legislation intended to benefit a particular person, and I note that both Congress and various state legislatures often vote to compensate individuals who have been injured by the government but who, for various reasons, have no right to damages. I don't know whether these actions take the form of actual legislation, but there is clear precedent that legislatures can act in some way for the benefit of one or more specific people.