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In reply to the discussion: Georgia passes tax bill punishing Delta for NRA split [View all]slumcamper
(1,606 posts)I haven't looked at the specific provisions of the bill, but it singles Delta out, then I imagine Delta's legal team is already on it and the federal courts will have to answer the question of the scope of bill of attainder or whether this action violates any existing laws governing interstate commerce.
So, once again the judicial branch will have to contemplate the constitutional questions attendant with another extremist law passed by the GOP at a state level. The spew of mean-spirited, right-wing extremist legislation in GOP-controlled states is an epidemic.
On a more fundamental level, the use of legislative power to leverage the tax authority for vindictive and punitive purposes against entities both private (as in Delta) and public (e.g., Blue states) is clearly a central GOP strategy at both federal and state levels. Have Democrats done the same?