ART. I, SECTION 18. EX POST FACTO LAWS AND IMPAIRING CONTRACTS
April 8, 2008 – 12:19 amNo ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts or making an irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed.
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No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts or making an irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed.
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One Response to “ART. I, SECTION 18. EX POST FACTO LAWS AND IMPAIRING CONTRACTS”
Does this prevent the state from deciding, say, a class of weapons should be banned and then banning the prior legal weapons?
This actually occurred in California.
By rockdalian on Apr 22, 2008