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In reply to the discussion: The validity of the public debt of the U.S.....shall not be questioned (14th Amendment) [View all]louis c
(8,652 posts)28. I think that he should just ignore the debt ceiling
and push it to the SCOTUS for a ruling.
I am confident that he would win that argument, and it's an argument worth having.
After all, there's nothing to lose to force the issue, especially before the debt ceiling actually kicks in.
If I was advising the President, I would tell him that a couple of days after he signs the bill on taxes that's just passed the Senate and is headed to the House, I would ask the SCOTUS to rule on the constitutionality of the debt ceiling, which would be about 6 weeks before it next kicks it. This would avert the crisis and let everyone know exactly where we stand, as a nation, on the issue of whether or not we are obligated, by law, to pay our own bills.
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