What in this world is more mysterious and difficult to understand -- and more vital that we do understand -- than the monetary system under which we live? This is the transcript of a speech by attorney Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., foremost constitutional monetary authority. In this exceptionally clear exposition, Dr. Vieira lifts the veil of mystery, reveals the meaning and import of words, and gives a step by step practical plan for restoring constitutional money.

Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr.

Dr. Edwin J. Vieira, Jr., Attorney at Law, received his A.B. (cum laude) in Chemistry, A.M. and Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University, and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School.

He is in private practice specializing in constitutional law, labor law and egal-economic analysis. He is currently Executive Director of the George Edward Durell Foundation and President of the National Alliance for Constitutional Money.

Dr. Vieira has also been a consultant and attorney for the National Right to Work Committee and National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation; a member of the Board of Fellows, Public Service Research Foundation; a consultant to the U.S. Department of Labor; and a member of the Advisory Board, Citizens for a Sound Economy.

He has been an Assistant Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law and Research Director of the Wake Forest Institute of Labor Policy Analysis.

He is a member of the Bars of Maryland, the District of Columbia, the State of Virginia, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eight, Eleventh, the District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; and the United States District Court for the Districts of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

He has had articles published in the Wake Forest Law Review, Detroit College of Law Review, DePaul Law Review, South Carolina Law Review, Georgia Law Review, the Cato Journal, Law & Liberty, The Moneychanger, Government Union Review, American Economic Foundation Bulletin, The Free Market, The Sound Money Investor, and other publications. He is the author of Pieces of Eight -- the Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United States Constitution: A Study in Constitutional Law.

He has also submitted numerous briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States, including briefs on behalf of appellees and appellants as well as amicus curiae briefs.

Dr. Vieira's latest book is Separation of Bank and State, availabe from the National Alliance for Constitutional Money, Inc., P O Box 3634, Manassas, Virginia 20108-0976. Send them a contribution of at least $5, to save time and money for inquiries.

Restoring the Dollar was an address to the convention of the National Coalition for Monetary and Tax Reform in Denver, Colorado, August 1991.

Restoring the Dollar I

Major Problem: Ignorance
Nature of the Federal Reserve
Politics and Money

Restoring the Dollar II

Constitutional Control Removed
Consequences
Steps to Restoration