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What is name of a law that makes something a crime after the fact?
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.
A retroactive criminal law is called a?
Ex post facto law
Can congress pass an ex post facto law if both houses favor it by two thirds majority?
SORNA passed. so the answer is yes.
Can congress write ex post law?
YES
A law passed to punished someone for an act committed before the act was declared illegal congress's?
It is called an ex post facto law.
Congress may not pass what law or laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed?
Ex post facto :)
Congress can punish an executive department official by passing on ex post facto law?
(in the US) No. The question is an untrue statement.
What term means to punish someone for something that was not illegal when it was done?
The legal term for a law that has criminal penalties that effect people prior to the enactment of that law is called an "ex-post facto law". Ex-post facto laws are illegal in most countries and the US Constitution expressly forbids the creation or passage of an ex-post facto law.
What is it called if Congress tries to pass a law making it illegal to have done something that was legal when you did it?
Ex Post Facto Laws (after the fact)
What type of law punishes a person for doing something that was not illegal at the time it was done?
That would be making a law retroactive to a date before the passing of the law. The US Constitution forbids doing it. That would be known as an Ex Post Facto Law and is unconstitutional.
Can Congress pass an ex post facto law if both houses favor it by two-thirds majority?
SORNA passed. so the answer is yes.
Is it true an ex post facto law is a law that makes an act illegal after the act has been committed?
Yes, an ex post facto law cannot impose punishment on a person who committed an act before it was illegal. This includes increasing the severity of the punishment from what it was when the crime was committed. Ex post facto applies to criminal law and not civil law as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Also, some laws, for example the sex offenders registry, are considered a regulatory device for public safety and not a punitive action. no ex-post facto law after the fact. no ex-post facto law after the fact.
