ex post facto
Example Sentences
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The effects have been so strong that the Fed, in a heroic feat of ex post facto rationalization, has begun to think of asset prices as another transmission mechanism for its balance-sheet policy instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“This is a violation of the ex post facto clause of the constitution,” said Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers.
From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2023
As for the claim of ex post facto justice, Robert Jackson — the American prosecutor who believed aggression enabled all the other war crimes that followed — summed up the charge:
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2023
As anyone who’s ever seen a horror movie knows, ex post facto explanations of the monster’s pathology are beside the point.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
Because Wayna Qhapaq had not actually married Washkar’s mother—the union was properly incestuous but not properly legitimate—the new Inka demanded that his mother participate ex post facto in a wedding ceremony with his father’s mummy.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
