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Re: A Sad Day For America: Senate Approves Telco Immunity
From: Jacob Appelbaum <jacob () appelbaum net>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:41:56 -0700
Larry Seltzer wrote:
How is this not a text book example of an ex post factor Law?Actually, it's the exact opposite of an ex-post facto law, which makes an act illegal after the fact. This law makes something legal, or at least removes civil liability, after the fact.
Uh, an amnesty[0] law of this sort is categorized as an ex-post facto law[1]: "Conversely, a form of ex post facto law commonly known as an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts or alleviate possible punishments (for example by replacing the death sentence with life-long imprisonment) retroactively." Are you trying to say that Amnesty isn't being granted? Or are you trying to say that ex-post facto laws are only counted as such when making an act illegal? Isn't that incorrect? Isn't this both an ex-post facto law and specifically an amnesty law at that? - Jacob [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_law [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: A Sad Day For America: Senate Approves Telco Immunity Jacob Appelbaum (Jul 09)
- Re: A Sad Day For America: Senate Approves Telco Immunity Larry Seltzer (Jul 09)
- Re: A Sad Day For America: Senate Approves Telco Immunity Alex Eckelberry (Jul 09)
- Re: A Sad Day For America: Senate Approves Telco Immunity Larry Seltzer (Jul 09)
- Re: A Sad Day For America: Senate Approves Telco Immunity Alex Eckelberry (Jul 09)