Strike our prohibition of ex post facto laws, as it's not limited to cri...

...minal cases

Col: Mason moved to strike out from the clause (art I sect 9.) "No bill of attainder nor any expost facto law shall be passed" the words "nor any ex post facto law." He thought it not sufficiently clear that the prohibition meant by this phrase was limited to cases of a criminal nature and no Legislature ever did or can altogether avoid them in Civil cases.