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Originally posted by shermsshack
Of course. They love fucking with our rights. I'm just concerned arout this being approved for the simple fact that it's retroactive. If you've posted free porn in the last 6 years, what are the odds of a trip to a federal prison?
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How can it be retroactive?
From the Constitution...
No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
From Cornell University...
Ex post facto
Latin for "from a thing done afterward." Ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a law that applies retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed. Two clauses in the US Constitution prohibit ex post facto laws: Art 1, § 9 and Art. 1 § 10. see, e.g. Collins v. Youngblood 497 US 37 (1990) and California Dep't of Corrections v. Morales 514 US 499 (1995).
So am I missing something here?