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To: wildcard_redneck
"No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law will be passed."

Restricts only the federal Congress, not state legislatures, as here. The Oregon constitution is controlling.

14 posted on 07/13/2019 11:58:33 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried. Did you even read the Constitution before you pronounced your nonsense?

Article 1, Section 10: “No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.”

Article 1, Section 9 applies to the Federal Government, Article 1, Section 10 specifically limits the States and applies to the States by its very terms. The “no bill of attainder or ex post facto” prohibition applies equally to the States and the Federal Government.

In fact, prior to the Bill of Rights, these are the only two individual liberties that the original Constitution protects from both federal and state intrusion.

James Madison outlined: “Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.”


15 posted on 07/13/2019 12:39:55 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Restricts only the federal Congress, not state legislatures, as here. The Oregon constitution is controlling.

Incorrect.

Unless you are asserting that the Georgia State Legislature could re-legalize slavery?

21 posted on 07/13/2019 2:05:58 PM PDT by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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