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LetMyPeopleVote

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32. LOL Thank you for the laughs
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:57 PM
Oct 5

Before law school, I debated on the high school and college level and then had fun judging college and high school debate throughout law school. If you want to debate, you need to use facts to support your claims and it helps if you actually read and understand the facts you use in such argument. Here you evidently did NOT read the material posted because that material contradicted your claims.

(Sec. 6) No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of specified coins. Treasury may develop and execute a marketing, advertising, promotional, and educational program to promote the collecting of all the coins and medals authorized by this bill.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1923

Again, there is a statutory prohibition on the use of the likeness of a person who is still alive on a coin or other currency. That statutory prohibition was waived for Eunice Schriver (perhaps Senator Teddy Kennedy played a role in such waiver) to appear on a coin for the Special Olympics. I would love to see trump try to get a congressional waiver of this prohibition.

I object to the use of trump's likeness on any coins for a host of reasons. If the Department of Treasury attempts to ignore the law, there will be some fun litigation that I will have fun following.

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There is NO FUCKING WAY that I would EVER accept that garbage niyad Oct 3 #1
Plus the image is inaccurate. jls4561 Oct 3 #2
Isn't there some kind of law against defacing coins and currency. 2MuchNoise Oct 3 #3
Straight to ebay Johonny Oct 3 #4
Ugh! 😑😑😑 electric_blue68 Oct 3 #5
Our nation is meeting its 250th birthday on the verge of utter destruction misanthrope Oct 3 #6
And yet another day of WTF? MIButterfly Oct 3 #7
pics Celerity Oct 3 #8
Thanks for posting this...... a kennedy Oct 3 #9
Why was this coin even made? I would refuse to take it. debm55 Oct 3 #16
He called for violence MaineBlueBear Oct 4 #27
That fist up just makes me sick. Because he is such a coward. Diamond_Dog Oct 3 #10
Yeah, but when both he and Josh Hawley raise their fists, it's very very badass. Right? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 5 #34
This coin would be illegal LetMyPeopleVote Oct 3 #11
That's not factually accurate... but what to expect from a rando link on bluesky. WarGamer Oct 3 #14
US Treasury Explores New Trump Coin, US Treasurer Says--Despite Legal Hurdles LetMyPeopleVote Oct 3 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Oct 4 #20
Do you tire of being WRONG? LetMyPeopleVote Oct 4 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Oct 4 #25
LOL, did you read the material you posted? The proposed trump coin would not be allowed under the law you cited LetMyPeopleVote Oct 4 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Oct 4 #29
LOL-Do you ever tire of being WRONG LetMyPeopleVote Oct 5 #30
Post removed Post removed Oct 5 #31
LOL Thank you for the laughs LetMyPeopleVote Oct 5 #32
mhmmm WarGamer Oct 5 #33
How many of these coins have you pre ordered? BannonsLiver Oct 5 #35
I believe your take on this, LMPV Hekate Oct 4 #26
The memorial coin? usonian Oct 3 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Oct 3 #13
Collected by bluestarone Oct 3 #19
LMAO. Fight, fight, fight my ass, that cowardly piece of shit couldn't get off that stage fast enough. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 3 #15
31 U.S. Code § 5114 struggle4progress Oct 3 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Oct 4 #21
The dates on the proposed coin reflect the nation's lifespan. Efilroft Sul Oct 4 #23
This version of the trump coin makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Oct 4 #24
Instead of a dollar coin, it should be a two-cent piece.... Jack Valentino Oct 5 #36
MaddowBlog-Treasury eyes a commemorative dollar coin for Trump, with plans for a 2026 rollout LetMyPeopleVote Oct 7 #37
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