Ajit Pai @AjitPai
Fun fact: as @USTreasury Secretary, Salmon Chase ardently advocated for the Legal Tender Act, legitimizing paper money. Yet as Chief Justice, he wrote the 1870 #SCOTUS opinion striking it down as unconstitutional! More at 77 @OregonLawReview 535 (1998). https://t.co/kA5pPAGK3o https://t.co/aeYAaLMAgM — PolitiTweet.org
Today In History @URDailyHistory
14 July 1969: The United States #government withdraws the $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills from circulation.… https://t.co/xqHCabPcWt