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
The issue is not just to admit, ex post facto, that we were wrong, but to think more deeply about why we were wrong.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
“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
Like the federal government, the states cannot violate personal freedoms by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, passing bills of attainder, or enacting ex post facto laws.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
There is reason to believe that recollection was an ex post facto elaboration; those on the scene recall a sensation more suggestive of relief and euphoria in the air.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
