Bad cases make bad law

[jhetley]

Hey, the AIG situation sucks, to put it mildly.  But somebody really, really needs to whap a congresscritter or two with the concept of "ex post facto" before they start loudmouthing retroactive taxes . . .

Comments

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Would taxes be considered administrative law? If so, they could be exempt from the ex post facto prohibition.

Other laws can get around it as well, at least according to that all-knowing oracle Wikipedia.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Only with ex-post-facto? I think we need to send them all back to school for a remedial civics class.