Quote Originally Posted by martin earl View Post
I will point out the Federal Reserve has no authority to define 'lawful money' for anyone or anything but itself and the District of Columbia, same for the SCOTUS.

I will counter that historically, the law of the land, common practice and the founding documents make clear what lawful money is and was in the Republic. Anyone who says it was not known or defined in law and in the hearts and minds of the people is an outright liar or ignorant to the point their opinion is irrelevant on the subject.
The founding documents don't mention anything concerning "lawful money". In fact, it doesn't even use the term.

Coinage Act of 1792 uses the term "lawful tender".

"Lawful money" is an older term coming from England.