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> Obama wanted to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Was that unconstitutional as well? I don't remember reading any articles about it being that. That seems
by btreecat 2y ago
> Obama wanted to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Was that unconstitutional as well? I don't remember reading any articles about it being that.
That seems to be due to you miss remembering the particulars of the issue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/harriet-tubman-20-bill/2021/06/03/62443b5c-bcd1-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/harriet-tubman-20-bi...
"The Treasury Department announced in 2016 that Tubman would replace Jackson"
So in one instance, we have cancelling of minting new pennies, ototh we have the changing of a picture.
I do think there might be viable authority to cancel the minting of the penny in the same way that there might have been viable authority for Biden to mint a coin and cancel debt. Seems to be similar rules at play there.
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