Comment Re:Over 18 (Score 5, Interesting) 632
1. Ex post facto limitations apply to criminal cases, not civil cases.
2. Bills of attainder applies to a specific person or group of persons. I.e. a law saying Joe at 123 Maple Street has to pay 50% of his money to Small Town DPW. In England they were used to execute people, i.e. the govt would pass a law saying Bill will be executed such and such a day.
3. The problem here is due process IF they can't show you the records to justify the seizure. That's really really bad news.