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For all practical purposes, No. However, technically speaking, if Congress chose to pass an ex-post-facto law (either by 2/3rd in both houses to overrule Presidential Veto power or even if a President were to sign it) the law would be deemed Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court once challenged - hence the beauty of the checks-and-balances system in the United States. In practical terms it would, however, mean that the law would be in force for a period of time until the case challenging it would reach the Supreme Court for review.

The only way to make an ex-post-facto law actually stick would be, in effect, to amend the Constitution.

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