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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:01 PM Original message |
Constitutional question: Ex post facto laws |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope some group will challenge this law on |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. no...expost facto |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That is the meat of my question |
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aspergris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Correct - EX Post Facto and VAWA |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is there no distinction between 'criminal' and 'civil' in either case? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That is a different question |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is a reversal of what the original intent was |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Does the FISA bill give immunity or amnesty? |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well, they're not REPEALING the law |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Your understanding is incorrect - the bill very specifically |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think this is the key: it was criminal when they committed the acts. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. statute of limitations expires in April 2009 |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If the acts are decriminalized, then recriminalized |
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