Ex Post Facto Laws

Retroactive Law and Legal Definition. Retroactive refers to extending the scope or effect to matters that have occurred in the past. In other words it is the application of a given rule to events that took place before the law was in effect. For example, retroactive tax.

Ex post facto laws are expressly forbidden by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 (with respect to federal laws) and Article 1, Section 10 (with respect to state laws).

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When I post items about Reparations for Slavery or Elizabeth Warren's new proposal such as the Tax Refund Equality act, a Bill that would allow same-sex couples to amend past tax returns and receive refunds from the IRS, you will see me post a little Smiley at the end of that post. I am sure some of you think I am just being flippant or political. I am not. Here is why:

Ex Post Facto Law

Retroactive Law and Legal Definition. Retroactive refers to extending the scope or effect to matters that have occurred in the past. In other words it is the application of a given rule to events that took place before the law was in effect. For example, retroactive tax.

Ex post facto laws are expressly forbidden by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 (with respect to federal laws) and Article 1, Section 10 (with respect to state laws).

As I often state, the first rule of setting goals is to set goals only that are achievable. Not one of these proposals being trotted out there by these presidential hopefuls is even achievable. They know that. That is impertinent. What is pertinent, and they know this too, is that it sounds "purty" to the unwashed.

Now you know :-)

p.s. We are a Federal Republic with each State being guaranteed a Republican form of government, in the Constitution. Always keep that in mind. These are just some of the plethora of reasons the New Democratic Party hates the Constitution--it disallows their playing of grab-A$$ on the playground.