| 单词 | ex post facto |
| 例句 | There is reason to believe that recollection was an ex post facto elaboration; those on the scene recall a sensation more suggestive of relief and euphoria in the air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One cannot avoid the impression that an effort is being made to tailor artistic judgments ex post facto to the present unhealthy political climate. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Dec. 16: My moral spiral continues: I catch myself retroactively adding small tasks I have already completed, ex post facto, to the daily tasks sheet, just to cross them off the list. Review | Can a new self-help book cure procrastination? I tried it and here’s what I found. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z So many shows rely on studio interviews or guests recapping their adventures ex post facto — the equivalent of Aunt Jane prattling on about her trip to Tuscany over the phone. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Rowling dispense ex post facto addendums to their novels long after the presses rolled. ‘Bandersnatch,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ and the Myth of Certainty 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z But these are just ex post facto biographical explanations that don’t tell us much about where his poetry came from. Bob Dylan’s prophecy: The kryptonite we need against Trumpism 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z “This is a violation of the ex post facto clause of the constitution,” said Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers. Alec Baldwin says part of shooting charge is unconstitutional 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z As for the claim of ex post facto justice, Robert Jackson — the American prosecutor who believed aggression enabled all the other war crimes that followed — summed up the charge: Making excuses for dictators is nothing new: "Mr. Republican" and the Nazis 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Like the federal government, the states cannot violate personal freedoms by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, passing bills of attainder, or enacting ex post facto laws. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The Constitution, in Article I, Sections 9 and 10, prohibits Congress and the States from enacting ex post facto laws. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The ban on ex post facto laws, the court said, prohibits increasing the punishment for a crime after the crime was committed, and that it does not apply in the inmates’ cases. Federal court rejects Oklahoma death row inmates appeal 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Because genocide became an official crime only after the Nuremberg trials, Germany decided in 1949 that charging former Nazis with this crime would amount to ex post facto law. Perspective | If Nazis in their 90s won’t serve much time, why prosecute? To shame them. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Trump's own ex post facto logic of invalidating all late ballots would scrap them, anyway. While Trump wonders about "missing" military ballots, they appear to boost Biden in Pennsylvania 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z Joe Grogan, former head of the Domestic Policy Council, said that the analyses now, more than half a year later, are “all ex post facto about where this was going to go.” Ten days: After an early coronavirus warning, Trump is distracted as he downplays threat 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The phrase ex post facto is from the Latin, meaning “after the fact.” Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Because there is no statute of limitations under Trump’s definition of sarcasm, it would be natural for his predecessors to proclaim, ex post facto, that key mistakes of their presidencies were also humorous exercises: Opinion | Some totally non-sarcastic praise of Trump’s comic genius 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z This is an ex post facto explanation that strains credulity. Analysis | Fact-checking President Trump’s impeachment letter to Pelosi 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z That’s to say nothing of the ex post facto fight where the president said he’d continue to push for inclusion of the citizenship question in the census – despite the Supreme Court ruling. Immigration is central issue, few in Washington have wherewithal to solve it 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Constitution bars convicting someone under an ex post facto law, meaning one adopted after the alleged crime. Federal judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Because deportation is a civil, not a criminal, matter, several constitutional safeguards do not apply—for example, bail and the ban on ex post facto laws. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It’ll come up with some ex post facto rationale for why video will make us better human beings. Why "platforms" like Tumblr are a totalitarian threat 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z That almost every intervention comes with an ex post facto assessment from the government acknowledging the failure of the mission. 'A torrent of ghastly revelations': what military service taught me about America 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Giuliani told Politico that such a move would “violate the spirit if not the letter of the constitutional protection against ex post facto legislation” – or punitive legislation that applies retroactively. Mueller probe twists revive Dem talk of possible Trump impeachment, future prosecution 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Your consent becomes a trifling detail in a story about you that suddenly belongs to everyone else This is the problem with ex post facto consent being used to justify these sorts of invasions. The dark side of "Plane Bae" and turning strangers into social media content 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z An ex post facto law is a law applied to an act committed before the passage of that law. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “ISIS has no investment in this person other than in sending out the appeal: ‘If you carry out the attack and claim it is ISIS, then you become a member, ex post facto.’ For ISIS followers, terror by truck is now the default choice and the hardest to stop 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The appeals court said that this amounted to an ex post facto punishment, which also is banned under the Constitution. Cynthia Coffman files appeal against federal judge’s sex offender registry ruling 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z She responded with an ex post facto zinger: J.K. Rowling Just Used Trump's Own Words Against Him 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Likewise, Scalia was liberal in his interpretation of the double jeopardy clause and the prohibition against ex post facto judicial decisions under the due process clause. Opinion | Antonin Scalia, part-time liberal 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It was an ex post facto decision, not the invention of a new reality. A dissenting opinion: Supreme Court is not a top priority in this election 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The Constitution commanded no ex post facto laws. Paul Ryan’s profile in cowardice 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Of course going to fight for ISIS, whose activities are broadly known, is and should be a crime, and ex post facto regret does not absolve you. As Men Return From Syria, Europe Weighs Security vs. Civil Liberties 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Enabling contracts to be impaired ex post facto is rarely good policy, but the alternative is now a haphazard default dictated by Puerto Rican politicians. Puerto Rican Debt Parade 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z In the absence of congressional action, the courts can’t now appoint themselves as a super legislature to commandeer innocent third parties ex post facto. Apple Is Right on Encryption 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Still, what is officially described as a policy of retrenchment is an “ex post facto rationalisation for defeat,” quipped one well-connected foreign adviser. Wake-up call on Syrian army weakness prompted Russian intervention 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution includes the words “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.” Donald Trump’s citizenship plan is unconstitutional 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z It requires feeling its own pressure on your pulses without any ex post facto illumination.” Thank God for the Atom Bomb 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The proposal does not specify a rate for such ex post facto confiscation. A Tax Reform for Highways Trade? 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The state Supreme Court disagreed, upholding the lower court’s ruling that the law revoking good time violates constitutional prohibitions against ex post facto, or after-the-fact, punishments. Nebraska court says law violates prisoner’s rights 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z “Well, is somebody going to send me a speeding ticket ex post facto?” Jon Huntsman on Joe Manchin: We Hang Out 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Constitution says, “No … ex post facto Law shall be passed.” Obama Wants Tax-Avoiding Companies to Pay Up, Starting Yesterday 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z What joins all these disparate stories is an underlying legal structure that allows police near total discretion to initiate violent interactions and interpret what is and isn’t criminal against them ex post facto. Predictive Policing And The Fantasy Of Declining Violence In America 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z That handy reasoning even works in an ex post facto way. Screw It, Eat All the Animals You Want 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z “No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in Negro slaves shall be passed,” it states. Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Sports, the Most Progressive Force in America 2014-05-01T22:42:00Z In both cases it is preferable to start thinking about future consequences now rather than solely in an ex post facto reaction to a future that “has already happened.” The 10 Most Fascinating And Provocative If Not Alarming Technology Trends 2013-12-19T15:43:00Z An attorney for Monsignor William Lynn said the Philadelphia District Attorney's office acknowledged in its brief to the court that Lynn's conviction was "ex post facto," Latin for after the fact. U.S. priest appeals conviction in sex abuse case 2013-09-17T21:32:10Z Efforts to curb improper police behavior must always be deferred, dealt with ex post facto through a prejudicial bureaucracy that is barely functional. Predictive Policing And The Fantasy Of Declining Violence In America 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The court rejected the government’s position that because the guidelines did not carry the legal effect of a “law,” they do not violate the ex post facto clause. Supreme Court bars retroactive application of sentencing guidelines 2013-06-11T00:27:07Z That means, he said, that there was no violation of the ex post facto clause under the standard announced in the Morales case. Supreme Court Divides Over Sentencing Guidelines 2013-06-10T20:20:38Z I would say that this white paper is a masterwork of ex post facto reasoning, or arguing from conclusions, except that it really isn’t. How do you explain drone killings? With post-Orwellian “Newspeak” 2013-02-09T17:00:00Z In a sense, the Pope’s presence is, ex post facto, an endorsement or encouragement of them. The Pope's Social Media Guru On @Pontifex's First Tweet 2012-12-11T15:46:36Z At issue are "ex post facto" limits in the U.S. Supreme Court takes up DNA and sentencing cases 2012-11-09T22:28:55Z Unlike memoirs, interviews or legal records, there is no personal agenda, nor are these conversations prejudiced by the kinds of ex post facto knowledge that can distort retrospective discussions. Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer – review 2012-09-29T23:04:01Z That was enough, she said, to establish a violation of the ex post facto clause in Mr. Peugh’s case under the standard set out in a 1995 decision, California Department of Corrections v. Supreme Court Divides Over Sentencing Guidelines 2013-06-10T20:20:38Z Climactic moments are evoked by reproducing his Facebook rallying cries, which, ex post facto, lack fizzle, and which all end with the tally of Facebook “likes” and “comments.” Google’s Ghonim Recalls Sparking Egyptian Mutiny via Facebook 2012-02-21T00:22:41Z It was named for an outbreak in Pontiac, Michigan, that pre-dated that the Philadelphia outbreak and was identified ex post facto. Legionnaire's Disease at the Luxor: What Causes It? 2012-02-01T15:45:00.217Z It said there was no ex post facto violation because the guidelines are advisory. Supreme Court takes up DNA and sentencing cases 2012-11-09T22:28:55Z But this ex post facto argument is the sole proof of this view; and it is quite insufficient to prove the accusation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z “A retrospective increase in the guidelines range applicable to a defendant,” Justice Sotomayor concluded, “creates a sufficient risk of a higher sentence to constitute an ex post facto violation.” Supreme Court Divides Over Sentencing Guidelines 2013-06-10T20:20:38Z At the same court another person was sentenced to be whipped for shooting a fowl on the sabbath day; and this, probably, was ex post facto. Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z Forbes shrieked an ex post facto "Fore!" but it was drowned in the snort of pain and rage from the man, whose left shoulder-blade stopped the ball. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The higher criticism would probably detect in this declaration a large ex post facto element. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The effect of this ex post facto apograph was twofold and benefited both sides. Sheffield and its Environs 13th to the 17th century A descriptive catalogue of land charters and other documents forming the Brooke Taylor collection 2011-08-22T02:00:53.773Z It is the unwillingness to face the certain fact that Courts are constantly making ex post facto law.” The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z We should keep in mind that both “bills of attainder” and “ex post facto” laws have only to do with crimes and their punishment. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z That volume is primarily an ex post facto argument against appeasement, as set forth by a politician who presented himself as the lone voice warning against the gathering storm of Nazi aggression. House Republicans spit into Europe's gathering storm 2010-05-05T22:16:00Z The ex post facto clause of Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution is designed to prevent the legislature from punishing individuals for things that had been done prior to the passage of a law. Should Retroactive Laws Apply to Sex Offenders? 2010-02-23T20:34:00Z Such a statement of the premises is wholly formal and ex post facto. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Retrospective laws, punishing acts committed before the existence of such laws, and by them only declared criminal, are oppressive, unjust and incompatible with liberty; wherefore no ex post facto law ought to be made. Constitution of the State of North Carolina and Copy of the Act of the General Assembly Entitled An Act to Amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina No “ex post facto law” shall be passed. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z There is to be no ex post facto laws. Essays on the Constitution of the United States The law by which the succession had been changed was an ex post facto law, passed after his birth, and not promulgated until Ferdinand VII. had a female child. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) What proportion do these ex post facto traditions bear to the true ones? The Ethnology of the British Islands They say the Taupou had a gun and fired; probably an excuse manufactured ex post facto. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) D. Show how the abolition of ex post facto laws made for democracy. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z His reasons, like Mr. Gerry's, are most of them ex post facto, have been revised in New Y——k by R. H. L.32 and by him brought into their present artful and insidious form. Essays on the Constitution of the United States You, too, will be made into the hero, ex post facto, and you will believe it yourself. The Missourian These ex post facto traditions may be of any amount of value, or of any degree of worthlessness. The Ethnology of the British Islands That retrospective laws, punishing facts committed before the existence of such laws, and by them only declared criminal, are oppressive, unjust, and incompatible with liberty; wherefore no ex post facto law ought to be made. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens I do not expect you to study the details of these provisions of the Constitution relating to bills of attainder and ex post facto laws. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z By 1st art., 9th sec., 3d clause, “No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.” xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, xxiii, xl. Essays on the Constitution of the United States Mrs. Bays and her husband had driven to town, and there was no need for ex post facto resolutions. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties It is rather from ex post facto than from immediate evidence, as in Madison's case, that a just verdict is likely to be reached. James Madison They should never be subject to the ex post facto interpretation of an angry preceptor, or a cunning pupil; no loose general terms should permit tyranny, or encourage quibbling. Practical Education, Volume I The framers of the Constitution said: “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.” The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III She had not intended going to Sukey's, but after her mother's peremptory demand for information, she formed the ex post facto resolution to do so, that her answer might not be a lie. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties This retroactive character of the judicial veto is strongly suggestive of the ex post facto legislation which the Constitution expressly forbids. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z But it was prohibited from passing bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, or suspending the writ of habeas corpus, except under the stress of rebellion or invasion. The Critical Period of American History No ex post facto resolution could cure that lie, though of course it is a privileged one to a girl. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties No ex post facto enquiries and provings by figures will hold water, surely, against the tremendous testimony of men living at the time. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 No State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, impairing the obligations of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Other jurors claimed that they had decided Donnely was guilty, but that was probably an ex post facto switch. The Penal Cluster I studied law once way back in Texas with a view to abusin' an' evadin' the same, an' enough of it's stuck to me so we can conduct this case ex post facto. Prairie Flowers The writ of habeas corpus was denied to the reclaimed Negro and the act was ex post facto. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 He, however, opposed the attainder, made an eloquent speech on the 21st of April 1641, accentuating the weakness of Vane's evidence against the prisoner, and showing the injustice of ex post facto legislation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II It would bring a little real militarism into the family and give a kind of ex post facto justification to his ancient title. Captain Jinks, Hero Change in Place or Mode of Trial A change of the place of trial of an alleged offense after its commission, is not an ex post facto law. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Maybe those old prophecies weren't just ex post facto legends, after all. The Edge of the Knife I recollect no case where a question simply between citizens of the same State has been transferred to the foreign department, except that of inhibiting tenders but of metallic money, and ex post facto legislation. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 "No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed." Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader There is among the Restrictions no prohibition against the passing of an ex post facto law. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Such ex post facto assertions did not mend matters in Kansas, however much they may have relieved the author of the report. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics An ex post facto law is literally a law made after an act is done, or which has effect upon an act after it is done. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. An ex post facto law was brought in with great precipitation, for annulling this dividend. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) An ex post facto law is a law which fixes a penalty for acts done before the law was passed, or which increases the penalty of a crime after it is committed. Elements of Civil Government Yet an ex post facto law is the instrument which a legislature is most apt to use for punishing the unpopular use of legal rights. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 He opens the constitution and points to this line, "no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Nor may a state "pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts." The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. No bill of attainder or ex post facto laws shall be passed. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition The features of this state were chieftainship and themistes, that is, government not by laws, but by ex post facto decisions upon cases as they arose. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics There is not a landlord, there is not a magistrate, there is not a constable in Ireland, who may not tremble in fear of ex post facto legislation. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 The material words of that section are: "No State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contacts." The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style The next clause declares, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. An ex post facto law, as defined by the Supreme Court, is a "law which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed." Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition But this sounds like an ex post facto reason for its appropriateness. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study The wise founders of the United States prohibited both to Congress and to every State legislature the passing of ex post facto legislation. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 The numerous ex post facto assailants of Wakefield's theory usually assume that he wished to keep labour divorced from the soil and in a state of permanent political and industrial inferiority. The Long White Cloud A law is also an ex post facto law that increases the punishment of a crime after it has been committed. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. It was plain to the members of the Constitutional Convention that hopeless confusion would arise if the States should also be given the right to coin money, pass ex post facto laws, etc. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition Between a frank admission of an incomplete consideration of a complicated and badly presented case and such blunt ex post facto legislation as 5 Edward VII., chapter 12, I should have preferred the former. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Faced with division ex post facto, the allies found their a priori agreement would not resolve the situation. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey For laying a tax on slaves would not be ex post facto. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 Why is the passing of bills of attainder and ex post facto laws by states forbidden? The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. The States are prohibited from making ex post facto laws in criminal cases, and any person condemned by virtue of a law of this kind can appeal to the judicial power of the Union. Democracy in America — Volume 1 They are in terms too plain and positive to allow any one to doubt for a moment of their having been composed ex post facto. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 A noble use of them had, however, been made, and again I was compelled to deal with the result in ex post facto manner. Dracula As to the exclusion of ex post facto laws, it could not be said to create any security in this case. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 So anxious is a young conscience to discover a palliative, that the ex post facto nature of a reason is of no account in excluding it. A Pair of Blue Eyes An aetiological myth is one which is regarded as having been invented ex post facto to explain some fact, name or coincidence, the true account or origin of which has been forgotten. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 On such a question no opinion could have been better than Farragut's, although of course his judgment was ex post facto, as he was very young at the time of the fight. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Sir,—It is at least useless, if not worse, to apply for an ex post facto permission. Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 As to the exclusion of ex post facto laws, it could not be said to create any security in this case. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 The material words of that section are: "No State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts." Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 The distinction between this category and the others is the ex post facto nature of achieving Shock and Awe. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance An ex post facto law alone could relieve him, and we are taught to expect no eleventh commandment. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Give an example of an ex post facto law. Studies in Civics For laying a tax on slaves would not be ex post facto. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 It is by far more forcible and powerful than the ex post facto argument in favour of the Mexican war, that it got us California and its gold. Select Speeches of Kossuth Nor may any state pass an ex post facto law, that is to say, a law which imposes punishment for an act which was not legally punishable at the time when it was committed. Problems in American Democracy This ex post facto relationship is academic in the bad sense of that fine word. Public Opinion Forbidden Laws.—That no ex post facto law, no law impairing the obligation of contracts, nor any bill of attainder shall be passed; that there shall be no special laws in certain specified cases. Studies in Civics Ye are the Men that can condemn By Laws made ex post facto, Who can make Knaves of honest Men, And married Women turn again To be Virgo and Intacta. Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry Retrospective laws, punishing acts committed before the existence of such laws, and by them only declared criminal, are oppressive unjust and incompatible with liberty, wherefore no ex post facto law ought to be made. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time Neither bills of attainder nor ex post facto legislation may be enacted by a state legislature. Problems in American Democracy No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4TH CLAUSE. Community Civics and Rural Life What is meant by an ex post facto law? Studies in Civics To be sure, no Irishman ever blundered more than to accuse one of an ex post facto murder! The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Until 1798, the provision generally regarded as offering the most promising weapon against special legislation was the ex post facto clause. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Missouri and ex parte Garland, the Court declared invalid, because ex post facto, the state laws designed to punish former Confederates. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states We detest the character of Charles; but a man ought not to be removed by a law ex post facto, even constitutionally procured, merely because he is detestable. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 You object to ex post facto statutes; and you shall have none. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Let not his memory be tried by principles found out ex post facto. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 What an unnatural rogue!—an ex post facto parricide! School for Scandal This law, in my case, is ex post facto. The Jacket (Star-Rover) In the first place, punishments ex post facto are not altogether useless even as warnings. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 I speak of those Irish Presbyterians who are asking for an ex post facto law to confirm their marriages. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 There were libels, no doubt, and prophecies, and rumours and suspicions, strange grounds for a law inflicting capital penalties, ex post facto, on a large body of men. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Then my honourable friend says that this is an ex post facto law. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 It is clearly ex post facto, and, therefore, unconstitutional. The Jacket (Star-Rover) |
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