Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit August 24, 2011, 11-1558, 11-1559, 11-1586, 11-1758 (United States v. Holcomb)

POSNER, Circuit Judge,

dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc.

I join Judge Williams’s dissent unreservedly, but .offer this modest supplement to her excellent opinion.

Congress cannot bind successor Congresses. The fact that the general saving statute says that a repeal is not retroactive unless the repealing statute “expressly” states that it is, 1 U.S.C.