[devere]

By past court decisions, ex-post-facto only applies to criminal laws.

5th amendment “nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” might provide some weak protection. Don’t get your hopes up.

[muawiyah]

"Money", under current law, is a monopoly of the federal government. What they intend to do is "take your old money" and "give you the new money". That is, force a swap of taxfree dollar denominated deposits for taxable dollar denominated bonds.

I'm sure this is all Constitutional and no one will mind at all (/sarc).

(I'm buying an even bigger gun ~ at the moment looking at a working Howitzer ~but must be careful how I handle the deal eh ~ can't park it in the garage!

(Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!)

[Red in Blue PA]

A large "exception" to the ex post facto prohibition can be found in administrative law, as federal agencies may apply their rules retroactively if Congress has authorized them to do so. Retroactive application is disfavored by the courts for a number of reasons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law