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BumRushDaShow

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5. Yeah, very much a prohibited

Reply to Bayard (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:06 PM

Thursday

Ex post facto law

Article I

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Section 10.

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.

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei#section10

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Yeah, very much a prohibited BumRushDaShow Thursday #5

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