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Ex post facto is not required to operate the same way for new laws vs laws being removed. In fact, there are good reasons for when criminal laws are changed to
by rubidium 8y ago
Ex post facto is not required to operate the same way for new laws vs laws being removed. In fact, there are good reasons for when criminal laws are changed to automatically review people prosecuted under them. The law was made for people, people weren't made for the law.
- sturadnidge 8y agoSure, but in terms of consistency they are 2 sides of the same coin.
- doesnt_know 8y agoThere doesn't appear to be any law of physics or higher power that enforces us to make these two things consistent, why would you assume they have to be?
- DonHopkins 8y agoIn terms of consistency, time should be able to flow in either direction. But it doesn't, apparently.
- throwaway2048 8y agoYeah just like rich people are forbidden to sleep under bridges and eat from the garbage, absolutely consistent.