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To: OneWingedShark
We pass Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto laws all the time!

SCOTUS has ruled that ex post facto only applies to criminal statutes ...

3 posted on 05/14/2010 6:46:13 PM PDT by Lmo56
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To: Lmo56

>>We pass Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto laws all the time!
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>SCOTUS has ruled that ex post facto only applies to criminal statutes ...

Then the retroactive fining/taxing of AIG bonuses was _civil_? & Refusing to pay those _CIVIL_ fines would not have been met with the CRIMINAL charge of tax evasion?
The amount was CERTAINLY more than $20, were they afforded a Jury Trial?

PS - The Constitution says NOTHING about that being ONLY criminal; to say that is to rely on human tradition... which tend to make the Constitution of none effect.


4 posted on 05/14/2010 6:54:43 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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