Melvyn Siegel v. Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture and United States of America

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• finding that bar from employment in agricultural industry was not punishment because it was based on \legitimate justifications\-connection to an entity that had previously violated agricultural laws
• finding that bar from employment in agricultural industry was not punishment because it was based on “legitimate justifications”—connection to an entity that had previously violated agricultural laws
• \The line of Supreme Court law on the Bill of Attainder Clause indicates that legislation will survive Bill of Attainder attack if the statute furthers nonpunitive legislative purposes.\
• rejecting Due Process Clause and Bill of Attainder challenges

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