No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.Bill of attainder
No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. I think. Lol sorry I'm not of much help lol.
"Ex post facto", or "after the fact" laws, and Bills of Attainder, which specifically seize the property of named persons.
By prohibiting bills of attainder, the Constitution is prohibiting finding someone guilty without a trial. By prohibiting the making of ex post facto laws, the Constitution is prohibiting the making of retroactive laws (e.g., you do something that is legal, a law is passed making it retroactively illegal, and you get arrested for doing it).
. Define ex post facto.
According to Article I of the United States Constitution it is expressly forbidden for Congress to pass a bill of attainder. Since Congress is the law making body this means no one can pass bills of attainder in the United States.
Article One, Section 9, Paragraph 3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. A "Bill of Attainder" is a law specifying a penalty against a particular person.
Bills of Attainder
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All these are found in the US Constitution.
The question COULD be more speciofic, but among other things it forbids the use of cruel and unusual punishment.