ex post facto

Examples of ex post facto in the following topics:

• Powers Denied to Congress

  • Congress has numerous prohibited powers dealing with habeas corpus, regulation of commerce, titles of nobility, ex post facto and taxes.
  • No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

• Article I

  • The section provides that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended "except when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it"; prohibits bills of attainder or ex post facto laws; bars the imposition of taxes or duties on articles exported from any state or the granting of preference to ports of one state over another; and prohibits civil officers from accepting titles of nobility without the consent of Congress.
  • No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
  • No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.

• The Oracles Fulfilled

  • Post haec Perseus cum uxóre suá ad urbem Acrisí rediit.
  • Post paucós annós réx Lárísae lúdós mágnós fécit; núntiós in omnís partís dímíserat et diem édíxerat.
  • Multí ex omnibus urbibus Graeciae ad lúdós convénérunt.

• Differences Between Real and Nominal Rates

  • Since the future inflation rate can only be estimated, the ex ante and ex post (before and after the fact) real rates may be different; the premium paid to actual inflation may be higher or lower.

• The Radical Record

  • Radical Republicans strongly opposed slavery during the war and after the war distrusted ex-Confederates, demanding harsh policies for punishing the former rebels, and emphasizing equality, civil rights, and voting rights for the freedmen.
  • By 1867 they defined terms for suffrage for freed slaves and limited early suffrage for many ex-Confederates.
  • Through elections in the South, ex-Confederate officeholders were gradually replaced with a coalition of Freedmen, southern whites (scalawags), and northerners who had resettled in the South (carpetbaggers).
  • During Reconstruction, he fought to minimize the power of the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the freedmen.
  • Evaluate how the radical Republican Congress worked to change the post-Civil War political landscape

• Structure and Formatting

  • Don't exceed 80 columns, which has become the de facto standard terminal width (that is, some people may use wider terminals, but no one uses a narrower one).
  • It makes their posts significantly harder to understand, and frankly makes those people look a little bit disorganized. )
  • If you're writing a quick comment that applies to their entire post, it's okay to top-post (that is, to put your response above the quoted text of their mail); otherwise, you should quote the relevant portion of the original text first, followed by your response.
  • Likewise, if you really want to start a new topic, do it by posting a fresh mail, not by replying to an existing mail and changing the subject.

• Second-Wave Feminism

  • Second Wave Feminsm emerged in response to women's continuing social and economic subordination in post-World War II America.
  • Whereas first-wave feminism focused mainly on overturning legal obstacles to gender equality (i.e. voting rights, property rights), second-wave feminism broadened the debate to a wide range of issues: sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, de facto inequalities, and official legal inequalities.
  • The second wave of feminism in North America came as a response to the experiences of women after World War II: the late 1940s post-war boom, which was an era characterized by an unprecedented economic growth, a baby boom, and a move to the suburbs encouraged companion marriages.

• The Women's Rights Movement

  • Whereas first-wave feminism focused mainly on suffrage and overturning legal obstacles to gender equality (i.e. voting rights, property rights), second-wave feminism broadened the debate to a wide range of issues: sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, de facto inequalities, and official legal inequalities.
  • The second wave of feminism in North America came as a delayed reaction against the renewed domesticity of women after World War II: the late 1940s post-war boom, which was an era characterized by an unprecedented economic growth, a baby boom, a move to family-oriented suburbs, and the ideal of companionate marriages.
  • The administration of President Kennedy made women's rights a key issue of the New Frontier, and named women (such as Esther Peterson) to many high-ranking posts in his administration.

• Evaluating Material from the Internet

  • .com:The most popular TLD worldwide, originally used by commercial entities, now a de facto standard on the Internet.
  • Such sources also attract publishers expressing extremist views, promoting products, or posting false and inaccurate information.
  • For that reason, self-published media—whether e-books, newsletters, open wikis, blogs, social networking pages, Internet forum postings, or tweets—should be used with caution.

• Crisis in Berlin

  • The Berlin Crisis of 1961 (June 4–November 9, 1961) was the last major politico-military European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany.
  • The U.S.S.R. provoked the Berlin Crisis with an ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of Western armed forces from West Berlin, culminating with the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall.