A wonderful speech by Dr. Edwin Vieira Jr. at the GATA conference in Washington DC.  Edwin Vieira Jr. is a lawyer, author of “Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United States Constitution,” and a consultant to GATA. He lives in Virginia.

Silver and gold are not merely valuable commodities, investments, and media of exchange. More importantly, they are key “checks and balances” in America’s legal and political institutions.

The fight against the use of silver and gold as money that has...