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Re: Anyone have opinions on today's FISA news?


From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:12:32 -0400

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 05:52:14PM -0700, Jarrod Frates wrote:
According to the Supreme Court decision in Calder v. Bull (1798), the
ex post facto prohibition applies only to criminal law, not civil law.

Thanks for providing this and the subsequent explanation.  I haven't
read that decision yet -- but I will now.  It seems to provide a lot
of the context necessary to understand this issue, so I'm grateful
for the pointer.

---Rsk
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