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To: TimF who wrote (34413)	3/25/2009 1:53:26 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Under the American legal system it is EASY to file Court cases. Anyone can do it... happens every day. (But just because a case may be highly likely to be filed --- even if just for purposes of PR --- doesn't in any way imply that said case will ever be successful. <g>) Now, as to: "The courts are falling down on their duty when they allow such ex post facto taxes." I completely agree with you on this! By my reading of the US Constitution, the American legal system has been derelict in upholding the clear Constitutional prohibition or ex-post facto laws for MY ENTIRE (& LONG) LIFE! (So... I did not mean to suggest that this proposal might not be a violation --- merely that it would be but one of MANY since World War II... and entirely consistent with all the other violations that have been upheld by the Courts.) So --- although you and I say it is unconstitutional --- the federal Courts have ruled against us for many decades now... and I fully expect that this time would not be any different.