Ex Post Facto Laws and Bills of Attainder

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1. Which constitutional provision prohibits ex post facto laws and bills of attainder?
2. Which measure is a classic ex post facto law?
3. What principally characterizes a bill of attainder?
4. A person commits an offense when the prescribed maximum prison term is two years. A later law raises it to five years a…
5. A statute identifies a named group but requires prosecution and judicial proof of specified unlawful acts before punish…
6. Congress enacts a measure declaring that three named individuals committed an offense last year. It orders them impriso…
7. A law passed in 2026 makes a previously innocent act criminal and directs prosecutors to convict people for doing it in…
8. Distinguish an ex post facto law from a bill of attainder. Explain the different constitutional concern each addresses.
9. An offense carried a maximum two-year prison term when committed. A later statute raises the maximum to five years and …
10. A statute names a group. One version punishes members immediately without a judicial trial; another requires prosecutio…
11. Which effect can place a retrospective evidentiary law within the ex post facto categories discussed in Trillanes?
12. Does the ex post facto prohibition mean every retrospective measure is constitutionally forbidden regardless of its nat…