DevCatCan you prevent opposers from profiting?
CandelestineYes, nothing is stopping them. Though it would likely get challenged in the courts, on a wide variety of grounds to choose from, I imagine.
I don’t think we should though, I think we should simply take the opportunity to use it as political ammunition and then let it go. Helps maintain a shred of civility, perhaps.
They definitely should not write bills in such a way that the opposition is excluded from its benefits. That’s a real bad precedent. Imagine a security situation where blue states are forsaken by the military.
I believe Trump even mused about something like this, which is how you know it’s unethical.