When private money becomes a felony offense

Not surprisingly, many of the most domineering parts of the von NotHaus "verdict" weren't actually in the verdict -- they were merely propaganda for the press release. I wouldn't be surprised if BVN wins on appeal -- quietly. At any rate, this article is a good analysis of what was truly adjudicated in the decision.

``... a curious thing happened in the courthouse on the day before the jury went to deliberate. According to Aaron Michel, Mr. von NotHaus's attorney, the judge granted Mr. Michel's request to delete paragraph 33 from the indictment... Yet after Mr. von NotHaus was convicted on March 18, the government issued a press release trumpeting the verdict and repeating the part of the original indictment that the judge had struck out. The release also went further, asserting that Congress's power to coin money under the Constitution was also meant to "insure a singular monetary system for all purchases and debts in the United States, public and private." ''