To: Man50D
Legislators could come up with some kind of retro-active legislation. Thereby ignoring the "ex post facto law" provision of the Constitution. But, hey, it's a living document, you know?
5 posted on
12/09/2008 4:07:22 AM PST by
Hardastarboard
(Why do I find the Toyota "Saved by Zero" ads so ironic?)
To: Hardastarboard
Thereby ignoring the “ex post facto law” provision of the Constitution. But, hey, it's a living document, you know?
Ex Post Facto only applies to criminal law. Citizenship law is not criminal law.
15 posted on
12/09/2008 5:45:51 AM PST by
Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: where PCP is not just for breakfast anymore.)
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