They can change the law with a constitutional amendment but the Trump ruling is grandfathered as the highest court has ruled before such an amendment was drafted and passed. It would affect Biden and those who come after him...not Trump.
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Correct. The government cannot criminalize something done in the past that was not criminal at the time of the act.
Ex post facto laws are expressly forbidden by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 (with respect to federal laws) and Article 1, Section 10 (with respect to state laws).
lol you guys make me laugh. They charged Trump with a crime that was past the statute date they just backed up the date to charge him and you think they wont here are you kidding me?
And if they're going to change the constitution anyway just for Trump, might as well throw away that whole grandfather thing anyway ...
This.
Liberals: hold my soy based non alcoholic beer
So, they are stripping Joe's immunity. Lol
Correct. They're now building the very boomerang that's coming back to knee-cap themselves.