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Literally Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal;

Literally Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

ddalex 5y ago
> make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts Since the dollar is not pegged to a gold or silver standard, I'd say the ship of this section has already sailed.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  These are limits on the states, not the federal government [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Tender_Cases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Tender_Cases
kktkti9 5y ago
I suppose since we use paper bills, and debit cards, most states are violating the “make any Thing but gold and silver…” bit. Pretty sure the only bits in that doc taken seriously are the lack of rules against meddling in elections, and leveraging 1A and 2A to rile the masses.
- taejo 5y ago
  Paper bills are issued by the Federal Reserve Banks, not the states. Debit cards aren't "Tender in Payment of Debts" at all: creditors don't have to accept payment by debit card.
  - kktkti9 5y ago
    Creditors CAN accept them because states do not disallow it. The point is taking the language in that document literally is a ridiculous exercise. The men that wrote it had barely discovered electricity. We romanticize the achievements of morons.
    - taejo 5y ago
      > Creditors CAN accept them because states do not disallow it. The document says the states cannot force creditors to accept payment by card, and they don't. I'm not trying to romanticize the constitution, and I agree that parts of it are pretty moronic. I don't really have an opinion about this section either way, but my point is that it is in force as it stands, literally.
unstatusthequo 5y ago
Miami isn’t a State. ;)

ddalex 5y ago

> make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts Since the dollar is not pegged to a gold or silver standard, I'd say the ship of this section has already sailed.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
These are limits on the states, not the federal government [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Tender_Cases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Tender_Cases

kktkti9 5y ago

I suppose since we use paper bills, and debit cards, most states are violating the “make any Thing but gold and silver…” bit. Pretty sure the only bits in that doc taken seriously are the lack of rules against meddling in elections, and leveraging 1A and 2A to rile the masses.

taejo 5y ago
Paper bills are issued by the Federal Reserve Banks, not the states. Debit cards aren't "Tender in Payment of Debts" at all: creditors don't have to accept payment by debit card.
- kktkti9 5y ago
  Creditors CAN accept them because states do not disallow it. The point is taking the language in that document literally is a ridiculous exercise. The men that wrote it had barely discovered electricity. We romanticize the achievements of morons.
  - taejo 5y ago
    > Creditors CAN accept them because states do not disallow it. The document says the states cannot force creditors to accept payment by card, and they don't. I'm not trying to romanticize the constitution, and I agree that parts of it are pretty moronic. I don't really have an opinion about this section either way, but my point is that it is in force as it stands, literally.

unstatusthequo 5y ago

Miami isn’t a State. ;)