“How much of this is post facto rationalization?”
David Shulman
“You can't have an ex post facto”
Barry Lewis
“I take the position that, because of the ex post facto clause, in essence, my client is being held for a crime that is no longer a crime because the statute of limitations has expired.”
Darrell Dunham
“The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective because it is not official, heavy-handed or conspiratorial, but woven artlessly into the fabric of education and media. No conspiracy is needed.”
William Blum
“Six decades ago, Taiwan already returned to China both in a legal sense and in a de facto sense, ... The legal status of Taiwan as an inalienable part of Chinese territory is not to be doubted or challenged.”
Jia Qinglin
“It is just assuming that if a company is from the Middle East it is de facto disqualified from investing in the United States, and I think that is a terrible message to send.”
Daniel Griswold
“The statement was a de facto acknowledgment that there is only a little room left for a further hike.”
Masaki Fukui