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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 158 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 141 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The good news is this is illegal.

The bad news is Republicans probably don't care.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 136 points 1 month ago (9 children)

31 U.S. Code 5112 says “No coin issued may bear the image of a living former or current President,”

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 month ago

Yeah they won't care, they'll do it anyway, and then go after critics for being "unamerican" and "anti capitalist" per NSPM-7.

[–] Melkath@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago

I was about to say, I was pretty sure that was a law, instituted to stop... oh, what was it again? Oh ya. FASCISM.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Literally, who's going to stop them?

There's so much stuff that's absolutely illegal happening and nobody is stopping them. Being illegal or not is irrelevant if no one enforces it.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago

A lot of things are being held up by the courts, many things have been reversed by the courts, but yes they probably feel invincible at the moment.

[–] Xraygoggles@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh, this one's easy the way I understand things work now.

He is both former AND current, so fire up the mint.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago
[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Amendment incoming!

So, Trump just needs to die and it will be legal?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 1 points 1 month ago

FR after I posted this I saw a headline saying Trump started slurring speech and disappeared for days.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Then they'll have to mint coins of Reagan.

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Heard of congressional approval?

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Illegal? They've never heard the word.