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Is it really so hard to see why a privately made coin that says "USA" and "$20" is a problem?
So, what other official American coins have "USA" on them? I can't think of any. Also cannot think of any silver coins with $20 on them. If the thought here is that the oblivious among us can be fooled by vague similarity, I would agree. Those who are conscious and aware, however, will not be. Guess which kind packed the jury?
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the defenders of the constitution like to pick and choose apparently.
Really? What do those who do not support the US Constitution do? No need for them to pick or choose, I suspect.
A lot of us on here DO support the constitution and all for which it stands. No, we are not constitutional lawyers but then the constitution was written for everyone and not just the legal scholars among us. I agree that the constitution says that only gold and silver shall be money. We seem to have forgotten this part with the invention of the copper penny.
Even paper money seems constitutionally acceptable as long as it is backed by gold or silver and redeemable in kind for them. The old gold and silver certificates, for example. At one time, those US bills could be swapped for gold or silver coins and vice versa at any bank.
A good reference for the church and state separation can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separa...nited_StatesWhat I find interesting about this argument is that when a church group wants to use government property for a church meeting or other affair and meetings of various other kinds ARE allowed at those facilities, this argument always comes up. When government wants to do something that opposes church doctrine, it never seems to come up. Why not? Fair for one should be fair for all.
Another interesting bit of phraseology comes from the term "to coin money". Does the US Constitution say anything about "printing money"? Not that I have seen. So... how is it that printing money is OK? According to Knox v Lee, 79 U.S. 457 (1871), the Court ruled that paper money was not unconstitutional. While this is still the law of the land, I find their reasoning specious, however. It was seen as OK even though not mentioned in the constitution because paper money was not specifically prohibited. I guess that people forget that the entire reason for having a constitution was to LIMIT the powers of government and not to allow everything that was not specifically prohibited. :-/
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Posted 03/20/2012 5:47 pm
