Originally posted by AWMac
I object Top Cat was never noted and there is NO mention of Tom.....
Apparently RPM couldn't find his puss in a Google in the ground!
Based upon this....Those on the "D" Fence rest...
Bill the Cat requests a sidebar....
Mac
I'm sorry, but TopCat was ex post facto. According to Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution, "no State shall pass any ex post facto Law.''
The Supreme Court first held that the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws applied only to criminal laws in the landmark opinion of Calder v. Bull (1798).
While the Supreme Court has not issued a blanket prohibition against civil ex post facto laws, it has recognized that retroactive laws do present real problems of fairness. General Motors Corp. v. Evert Romein (1992)
Also noteworthy are Magilla Gorilla v. Peebles Pet Shop, Inc. (1962) and Penelope Pitstop v. Mutley (1974).
Your objection is overuled. <-word