The US mint issued a ‘commemorative coin’ with Trump’s face. An old lawyer realized there was a law forbidding the use of living people, so he sued.
Constant: Now the two “sides” are screeching at each other in the standard ways, missing the main points as always.
1. Commemorative coins aren’t currency. They’re just a way for the Mint to bring in extra profit by pleasing coin collectors. The Post Office does the same with commemorative stamps, though the stamps are usable as postage.
2. Who loses? The Mint has to spend money to pay the lawyer, and loses the extra profit it might make from rich Trump cultists.
3. Who gains? The lawyer. Nobody else.
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Variable: Somebody mentioned that the law was last invoked 100 years ago. The Mint issued a commemorative for Coolidge, then quickly pulled it back when they realized it was illegal. I guarandamntee you that Silent Cal didn’t order the Mint to coin him. Cal was the perfect diametric opposite of Trump, a minimalist ruler who didn’t WANT or EXPECT to be president. He ended up in the office after Deepstate killed Harding. Coolidge didn’t want to suffer the same fate, so he allowed Wall Street to bomb the country without any constraints.
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