To: DoodleDawg; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; sickoflibs; GOPsterinMA; Clintonfatigued; justiceseeker93
Ex post facto. Won't stand up in court.Is it? I'm not a lawyer but if it applies to any official found in contempt of Congress and effects only future pay it seems like it would be perfectly legal to me.
I doubt it will get passed though.
85 posted on
04/20/2014 9:03:54 PM PDT by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: Impy
Is it? I'm not a lawyer but if it applies to any official found in contempt of Congress and effects only future pay it seems like it would be perfectly legal to me. When Holder was found to be in contempt of Congress it was not against the law for him to continue to draw his salary. Now Congress wants to change that. For it to be legal I believe the law would have to say any future contempt of Congress citation would result in loss of pay.
To: Impy; All
FYI, The ex post facto clause in the Constitution has been held been held by the courts to apply solely to criminal cases and punishments.
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