SORNA passed. so the answer is yes.
SORNA passed. so the answer is yes.
SORNA passed. so the answer is yes.
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.
No. Article I, Section 9, paragraph 3 of the Constitution prohibits Congress from passing ex post facto laws.
yes
passing ex post facto laws
ex post facto laws and Bills of Attainder
false
Ex Post Facto law "Congress shall pass no Ex Post Facto law", I believe is how it appears in the constitution. It is latin for after the fact.
During the majority of the time that the United States was governed by the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789), the capital was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress met there, and it served as the de facto capital of the nation. The Articles were adopted while the Congress was meeting in Philadelphia, and the city remained the political center until the capital was moved to New York City and later to Washington, D.C.
Ex post facto :)
(in the US) No. The question is an untrue statement.