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ArtI.S8.C5.1 Congress's Coinage Power. Article I, Section 8, Clause 5: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; . . .
The Seven Money Clauses. Congress shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the United States. ~ Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 2. Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures. ~ Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 5.
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
As a result, the Constitution’s monetary clauses expressly grant Congress the power to coin money and to borrow money by issuing “notes” (i.e., interest-bearing government bonds), but not to ...
Under the Articles of Confederation, both the Continental Congress and the states had the authority to coin money, but only Congress could fix its “alloy and value.” The evident intention is to give that power exclusively to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 5.
Because Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the Constitution prohibits the States from coining money, 1. the Supreme Court has recognized Congress’s coinage power to be exclusive. 2. The Supreme Court has also construed Congress’s power “to coin money” and “regulate the value thereof” to authorize Congress to regulate every phase of ...
28 Αυγ 2024 · Article I, Section 8 grants Congress the exclusive power "to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures." This provision underscores the federal government's role in establishing a standardized currency system.
