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Ex post facto law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ex post facto law (from the Latin for "after the fact") or retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts committed or the legal status of facts and relatio...
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Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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FindLaw | Find a Lawyer. Find Answers. ... 1725 Every law, which makes criminal an act that was innocent when done, or which inflicts a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime when committed, is an ex post facto law within the prohibition of the Constitution.
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The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 9, paragraph 3 provides that: "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law will be passed."
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EX POST FACTO CLAUSE - A misnomer in that actually two Constitutional clauses are involved. The U.S. Constitution's Article 1 Section 9, C.3 states: 'No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed,' and Section 10 says: 'No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation;
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In Article 1 Section 9, the Constitution states that “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed”. Likewise, Section 10 says that “No State shall … pass any … ex post facto Law…”.
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shit on the Constitution leading up to and during the election (BHO is NOT an American citizen, ... I thought this was called a “bill of retainder” or in plain English, a law specifically targeting an individual or group. Can anyone clear this up? ... Information March 19th, 2009 13 Responses Email This Post...
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