Doug
--- "Brian J. Torreano" <headdarter-in-btdarters.com>
wrote:
> Derek,
> You are 100% correct! It is indeed
> unconstituional for someone to be
> busted for an action that was not illegal-in-the
> time they performed
> said action. Laws that make previously-committed
> actions illegal are
> called "ex post facto" laws. Article 1, Section 9
> of the U.S.
> Constitution says that, "No Bill of Attainder or EX
> POST FACTO Law
> shall be passed". So what the restaurant owner did
> was not illegal!
> In fact it's not illegal because he DIDN'T do
> anything. The article
> says that, "The koi had been on display since Ly
> opened the
> restaurant NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO..", and, "A FEW YEARS
> AGO, however,
> Maine outlawed the importation and possession of
> koi..". Because Ly
> imported and possessed the fish BEFORE the law went
> into effect, he
> was not breaking the law by continuing to own the
> fish. The
> officials who busted Ly should hope and pray that he
> doesn't take
> them to court, because he would CLEARLY win on this
> one!
>
> Brian
>
> Brian J. Torreano - Owner
> BTDarters
> Your on-line resource for American Darters and other
> native fish for the
> small to medium-sized aquarium!
> Web: http://www.btdarters.com
> Phone: (262) 268-7489
>
> >From: Derek Parr <derekparr-in-earthlink.net>
> >Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Interesting news article
> >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:36:49 -0400
> >
> >i was always under the impression that it was
> unconstitutional to bust
> >someone for doing something they did before the law
> against it was created.
> > Not that anyone cares about that outdated piece
> of paper any more.
> >
> >yet another example of the evils of
> self-righteousness I guess.
> >
> >-derek parr
> >chapel hill, nc
> >
> >
> >Bill Flowers wrote:
>
>>http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=149770&format=&page=1
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