Using Sound Money Supports Article I of the U.S. Constitution:
Article I, Section 8:
- “Congress shall have Power to … coin Money, regulate the value thereof … and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures.”
- “Congress shall have Power to … provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States.”
Article I, Section 10:
- “No State shall … make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.”
- “No State shall … emit Bills of Credit.” (Bills of Credit = fiat money)
Using Sound Money Supports the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution:
- To “form a more perfect union”
- To “establish justice”
- To “insure domestic tranquility”
- To “promote the general welfare”
- To “secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”
Using Sound Money Supports the Bill of Rights:
- Free speech and petitioning rights in the First Amendment
- Security of our property right in the Fourth Amendment
- Due process right in the Fifth Amendment
- Retention right in the Ninth Amendment
- Reservation right in the Tenth Amendment
