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Pastimes : Slavery Reparations
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To: c.horn who wrote (7)8/21/2002 5:02:04 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 203
 
The Constiution specifically bans ex post facto laws and bills of attainder.

Since slavery was not illegal until after the civil war, no one who had a slave prior to that time can be charged with the crime of owning a slave. So no one violated the law by owning one.

A bill of attainder is a law that makes actions of an ancestor your crime. Such bills are unconstitutional. That means the crimes of the fathers cannot be held against the children.
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