Article I, §9 of the Constitution states “no ex post facto Law shall be passed”; §10 that “no State shall … pass any … ex post facto Law.” Courts must ...
You have to love the elocution of certain words and phrases, particularly in the confounding arena of law and legalisms. We’ve run into some of these before in this column, words and combinations such ...
The wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly. Not until 2009 was Marvin Peugh convicted on five counts of federal bank fraud, for conduct occurring in 1999-2000 that caused losses just over $2.5 ...
In Peugh v. United States, Monday’s significant opinion applying Article I’s Ex Post Facto Clauses, all members of the Court appeared to agree that the constitutional doctrine in this area is a bit ...
Sir, As a long-time subscriber to the Financial Times and admirer of your editorials and opinion columns, it is with dismay that I read your misguided editorial “Brussels strikes at Apple’s tax ...