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Ex post facto laws

2007-06-04T04:13:09Z

Deacon Don: New page: A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction ea...

A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. The Constitution prohibits the making of ex post facto law.

Conservapedia:Searching

2007-03-07T04:14:35Z

Deacon Don:

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Old Inauguration Day

2007-03-07T03:05:53Z

Deacon Don: grammar

March 4th was Inauguration Day for new presidents of the United States, until 1937 when it was moved to January 20th.

Virtually every president acknowledged the importance of [[faith]] at his inauguration.

For example, John Adams said in 1797:

Veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call themselves
Christians ... to consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best
recommendations for the public service.

In 1809, James Madison invoked:

Guidance of that Almighty Being.

In 1825, John Quincy Adams declared:

Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.

William Harrison said at his inauguration, at which he caught pneumonia and soon died, in 1841:

I deem the present occasion sufficiently important ... in expressing to my
fellow citizens a profound reverence for the Christian religion.

In 1853, it was Franklin Pierce's turn:

There is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged
dependence upon God.

Then in 1857, President James Buchanan pleaded:

Cultivate peace ... with all nations ... in a spirit of Christian benevolence.

Next, in 1861, it was Abraham Lincoln's turn:

Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet
forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our
present difficulty.

In the next century, in 1925, President Calvin Coolidge declared:

America ... cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.