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To: george76

Can’t pass Ex Post-Facto laws. Probably won’t get past summary arguments.


4 posted on 07/15/2020 8:50:50 AM PDT by EdgeOfDarkness
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Nice family you got there. Be a shame if anyhing happened to it


5 posted on 07/15/2020 8:55:21 AM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: EdgeOfDarkness
Can’t pass Ex Post-Facto laws. Probably won’t get past summary arguments.

I disagree that is is an Ex Post Facto law.

The Supremes did not make law -- they told petitioners, and the country, what the law really was. The law against involuntary union dues presumably existed all along, but other courts had misinterpreted it.

6 posted on 07/15/2020 9:16:51 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: EdgeOfDarkness

The Supreme Court does not pass laws.

No offense intended, but you’re due for a refresher read of the Constitution.

Respectfully, Megan

https://constitutionus.com/


8 posted on 07/15/2020 9:19:25 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: EdgeOfDarkness

This isn’t about passing an ex post facto law. It is about invalidating an existing law as unconstitutional.

The issue here is whether or not there is a “good faith defense” that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rights if the defendant acted under color of a law before it was held unconstitutional.


10 posted on 07/15/2020 9:42:51 AM PDT by rwa265
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