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To: flattorney

Yeah, its a bit grating, but Bob J has an interesting idea. I don’t like his characterization of Hunter, but it is not a bad idea to revisit that law and put in more specificity and a retroactive component. Hell, I’m for anything that could potentially spring these guys.


69 posted on 01/18/2008 10:43:21 AM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: pissant; Bob J; Congressman Billybob; Cyropaedia
it is not a bad idea to revisit that law and put in more specificity and a retroactive component

The problem is, the constitution prohibits ex-post facto law. You can't make it retroactive--at least no one has provided any rationale how to get around that. BobJ claims that BillyBob told him in a private freepmail it can be done by "undeclaring" the law. But CBB he did not respond to several pings asking him to address what seem like obvious limitations (how can you "undeclare" the law for Ramos and Compean and not the others convicted under the same law? Yet BobJ continues to spam the threads stating authoritatively (with no support) that it can happen if only Hunter or someone else writes a bill.

154 posted on 01/18/2008 9:14:48 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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