Article I, §9 of the Constitution states “no ex post facto Law shall be passed”; §10 that “no State shall … pass any … ex post facto Law.” Courts must ...
In Peugh v. United States, Monday’s significant opinion applying Article I’s Ex Post Facto Clauses, all members of the Court appeared to agree that the constitutional doctrine in this area is a bit ...
The wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly. Not until 2009 was Marvin Peugh convicted on five counts of federal bank fraud, for conduct occurring in 1999-2000 that caused losses just over $2.5 ...
ver two decades, more than 3,000 Post Office operators in the UK were accused by the Post Office of fraud and embezzlement. Hundreds of these postmasters ended up with criminal records and punishments ...
You have to love the elocution of certain words and phrases, particularly in the confounding arena of law and legalisms. We’ve run into some of these before in this column, words and combinations such ...
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NEW DELHI: Prior and post facto environment clearance for projects cannot co-exist as they are "mutually destructive and an oxymoron", petitioners told the SC on Tuesday, challenging the validity of ...