Category: Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws
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Ex Post Facto Laws
Clause 3. Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto LawsNo Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed….
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Ex Post Facto Laws and Punishment
What Constitutes PunishmentThe issue of whether a law is civil or punitive in nature is essentially the same for ex post facto and for double jeopardy analysis.1 "A court must ascertain whether the legislature intended the statute to establish c…
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Bills of Attainder
Bills of Attainder (Powers Denied to Congress)"Bills of attainder . . . are such special acts of the legislature, as inflict capital punishments upon persons supposed to be guilty of high offences, such as treason and felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings…