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Silent3

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16. It's easy to argue for it

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #14)

Tue May 9, 2023, 08:47 PM

May 2023

The 14th Amendment creates an explicit obligation to honor the debts of the US (other than those incurred via insurrection) that didn't exist when Article 1, Section 7 gave the power to incur debt solely to Congress.

If the President is in a damned if you do/damned if you don't situation, it's perfectly reasonable for the President to chose the option that's best for the country.

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Laurence Tribe nails it on the debt ceiling. It has always been unconstitutional [View all] applegrove May 2023 OP

It's been all like all the other noise that comes from the GOP. Bluethroughu May 2023 #1

Here's the video of Laurence Tribe on with Lawrence O'Donnell, for those who missed it: Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #2

Thank you.. Cha May 2023 #12

Tribe is incorrect - and he very likely knows it FBaggins May 2023 #3

Biden absolutely can ignore the debt ceiling... Silent3 May 2023 #4

Not really - those aren't parallel actions. FBaggins May 2023 #6

If it's found unconstitutional then Elessar Zappa May 2023 #7

Take Congress to court and it takes way too long to solve this problem Silent3 May 2023 #8

Not really a legal argument FBaggins May 2023 #11

I don't see how this is a constitutional violation Shrek May 2023 #9

We're creating new debt to cover existing obligations Silent3 May 2023 #10

The problem with that theory... FBaggins May 2023 #14

It's easy to argue for it Silent3 May 2023 #16

If he has the power to issue debt then he also has the power to raise taxes Shrek May 2023 #5

The Supreme Court won't throw it out until there's a GOP president fighting a Dem Congress Bucky May 2023 #13

I rather enjoyed how simple and easy his explanation was Kennah May 2023 #15

Why did President Obama, a former law professor, agree to spending cuts Jose Garcia May 2023 #17