[Paine in the Neck]

"... to give Congress time to consider legislation that would directly affect Leal's case.

Ex post facto legislation?

[tarheelswamprat]

Ex post facto legislation?

That's correct. Flatly unconstitutional. However, the Congress has enacted ex post facto legislation once before, under Clinton, and nobody even challenged it. It was a retroactive tax increase.

We left the rule of law in this country a long time ago.