tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4631538176518573378..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-29107575370534083222011-04-18T22:25:54.284-05:002011-04-18T22:25:54.284-05:00Cato, why that might be the case, I don&#39;t know the basis by which the court could strike the law down as inapplicable to the instant case. The legislature has every right to pass retroactive statutes as long as it&#39;s not punitive toward past behavior. (ex post facto laws.) The issue comes up sometimes whether the legislature INTENDED retroactive applciability but if it&#39;s clear they intended a statute to apply retroactively, then they can do that.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-72487868598385477572011-04-18T19:20:52.428-05:002011-04-18T19:20:52.428-05:00This is shameful unalloyed monarchism by the Republicans.<br /><br />As the law was passed ex post facto and in an outright attack on statutory legitimacy, I hope the court strikes down the applicability of the law to this case.Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341628086158209539noreply@blogger.com