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A comment on The “Legal Tender” Decision (1863).

Re:The “Legal Tender” Decision (1863) by bradleyjg on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:29AM (#30137005)
Not sure why this is trending but if you are interested in that case you might also be interested in the gold clause cases from the Great Depression: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Clause_Cases
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Re:The “Legal Tender” Decision (1863) by klyrs on Sunday January 30, 2022 @11:57AM (#30138768)
Politicians in Arizona and Texas have been talking about mining bitcoin and adopting it as legal tender, which raises some constitutional questions, which are touched on in this article.
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