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<p>[QUOTE="fatima, post: 1335353, member: 22143"]Sir, you have found me completely embarrassed and humbled today as I got that totally wrong. I was referring to the 1st Amendment. I'm on my knees thanking you for pointing out my foolish error. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's the 1st Amendment protecting free speech that I was referring to. The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled in favor of people by protecting them from notions and charges that certain language, statements, art, etc are reserved and forbidden from use. I would say that producing a medal that include the words United States of America and Dollars are completely protected by this fundamental right AS LONG AS the coin isn't used for fraud. The court, IMO, would rule that Carr's coins are completed protected even though there is a potential for someone else to break the law in the future. I've noticed they take a dim view of such arguments. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Supreme Court, thankfully and for the most part, has held up this right no matter how much it might make certain people uncomfortable.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I will note that the Supreme Court has not weighed in on the Liberty Dollar situation. Right now the matter has only been decided by 12 jurors picked from the local population of Statesville, NC. - a town at the cross roads of I-40 & I-77 if you are wondering where this spec. is located. I only add this statement, as the situation with the Liberty $ has nothing to do with Carr, only to point out that laws can be declared unconstitutional when they violate these fundamental rights.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fatima, post: 1335353, member: 22143"]Sir, you have found me completely embarrassed and humbled today as I got that totally wrong. I was referring to the 1st Amendment. I'm on my knees thanking you for pointing out my foolish error. :o It's the 1st Amendment protecting free speech that I was referring to. The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled in favor of people by protecting them from notions and charges that certain language, statements, art, etc are reserved and forbidden from use. I would say that producing a medal that include the words United States of America and Dollars are completely protected by this fundamental right AS LONG AS the coin isn't used for fraud. The court, IMO, would rule that Carr's coins are completed protected even though there is a potential for someone else to break the law in the future. I've noticed they take a dim view of such arguments. The Supreme Court, thankfully and for the most part, has held up this right no matter how much it might make certain people uncomfortable. (I will note that the Supreme Court has not weighed in on the Liberty Dollar situation. Right now the matter has only been decided by 12 jurors picked from the local population of Statesville, NC. - a town at the cross roads of I-40 & I-77 if you are wondering where this spec. is located. I only add this statement, as the situation with the Liberty $ has nothing to do with Carr, only to point out that laws can be declared unconstitutional when they violate these fundamental rights.)[/QUOTE]
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