Biden does not dismiss using 14th Amendment to ‘blow through the debt ceiling’

[Hoodat]

Biden does not dismiss using 14th Amendment to ‘blow through the debt ceiling’

Melissa Fine  |  May 7, 2023

If President Biden can’t come to terms on the budget with Republicans, he indicated he might invoke the 14th Amendment and challenge the constitutionality of the debt ceiling as a way to essentially go around Congress to get what he wants.

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle sat down with the president for Friday’s episode of “The 11th Hour” and specifically asked him if the 14th Amendment was on the table.

“As I said, you have a very strong economic recovery story, but this is a very volatile Congress. There are members of Congress that might be OK with us defaulting because they think it could hurt you more politically,” Ruhle said. “Given that, are you prepared to invoke the 14th Amendment and blow through the debt ceiling?”  .  .  .

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The irony here is that Democrats have steadfastly opposed the 14th Amendment since its ratification in 1868.

[Hoodat]

Here is the part of Amendment XIV that the Democrats intend to use:

Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.

Except that they want to ignore the "authorized by law" part.  They also want to ignore the part about "public debt" since there is no need to incur more of it to pay it off.  These people are fascists to their very core.

[Kamaji]

Failing to raise the debt ceiling, and defaulting on federal debt, is not the same thing as questioning the validity of that debt; it is simply refusing to pay the debt.

[Fishrrman]

The 14th Amendment -- arguably the worst of them all. A bad gift that keeps on giving...