2. What was the effect of a bill of attainder on the family of a man who was convicted?
3. Why does the abolition of attainder show the charity of the founders of the Constitution?
4. What is an ex post facto law?
5. How would this kind of a law be unjust?
6. How could a strong, powerful, and dishonest man work injustice by means of such a law?
ADVANCED QUESTIONS
A. Show how attainder worked in England in the early days.
B. What were the abuses found under such a law?
C. Show how its abolition made for democracy.
D. Show how the abolition of ex post facto laws made for democracy.