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Article 1 section 10 of our Constitution demanded that Congress pass no ex post facto law, which is a law that is retroactive.  HR 4040 is clearly such an illegal law, and only one Conressman, Ron Paul, had the courage and integrity to vote against it. 
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Ex post facto laws are illegal for good reason.  [...]

Does America have a personality any more? Does America have charachter any more? What exactly does America stand for now? When the Declaration of Independence was written - America had a purpose. When the Constitution was written America had a purpose. But over the decades and through the centuries it seems America has drifted from [...]