They cannot pass a law that goes into effect retroactively. This means that they can't make something that was done prior to their passing the law illegal. It prevents them from making people that did something they didn't like a criminal for something done months or even years earlier.
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There are no effective prohibitions - nothing that lawyers and activist judges can't get around.
congress
How Does The Bill of Rights limit congress's powers
introducing and passing new laws.
introducing and passing new laws.
passing ex post facto laws
Congress
For passing the laws: The US Congress For enforcing and prosecuting the laws: The US Justice Department.
No. Article I, Section 9, paragraph 3 of the Constitution prohibits Congress from passing ex post facto laws.
Lobbying is a common strategy used by interest groups to pressure members of Congress into passing laws they support. There are over 12,000 lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 of the Constitution prohibts Congress from passing ex post facto laws. Bear in mind this applies to the Federal level only. States are also generally prohibited from passing such laws as well but these prohibitions would be found in state constitutions or statutes.