[usadave]

Lawsuits brought by a dozen plaintiffs in six states alleging that 19 blue-chip businesses benefited from slave labor in the 19th century have been consolidated for a single trial before US District Judge Charles Norgle.

So these companies are being sued because they benefitted from a legal institution? If the plantiffs win this case, it would set a horrible legal precedent: Operate your company according to the law and get sued because of it.

[King Prout]

ex post facto punishment is prohibitted by the Constitution, is it not?

U.S. Constitution
Section 9
"3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed."