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melm00se

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21. ex post facto laws

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:33 PM

Aug 2015

are not legal in the US.

reading the US Constitution should be mandatory:

Prohibition of federal ex post facto laws: clause 3 of Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution

Prohibition of state ex post facto laws: clause 1 of Article I, Section 10

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Trump can fix that. Kablooie Aug 2015 #22

and he can pop melm00se Aug 2015 #25

Water. You forgot the walking on water bit. Kablooie Aug 2015 #28

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"Anchor mother" would be more accurate, as slurs go, I do concede....though slurs have no defintions, they are slurs! Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #13

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This ^^^^ libdem4life Aug 2015 #16

The Immigration Act Of 1924 aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #19

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"Anchor mother?" dumbcat Aug 2015 #23

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