Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Kansas

Legal term

What is the legal term when a law can't be enacted after an event has taken place.


Asked on 11/15/07, 10:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Mitchell Interaction Law

Re: Legal term

Ex post facto (or "after the fact") law. As in "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." (Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.)

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Answered on 11/16/07, 12:03 am


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