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The Supreme Court would probably disagree with you. The original wording of that clause of the 14th Amendment applied strictly to Civil War debt. The Supreme Court has interpreted it more broadly since then.
If it comes down to losing the full faith and credit of the US or testing the 14th Amendment, most likely. Obama has already said he'll sacrifice his career to fix this. If Clinton were still in office, he said he'd do it, and Clinton is the best president we've had in quite a while.
If it comes down to losing the full faith and credit of the US or testing the 14th Amendment, most likely. Obama has already said he'll sacrifice his career to fix this.
Then I can only hope. I'd rather see him throw away his 2nd term than to see the Repubs waiver on their convictions.
The President's job is to enforce the Constitution. Congress defaulting on our obligations by not raising the debt is a violation of the Constitution. The President is the only one with the capability to balance Congress' unconstitutional action. The Supreme Court has claimed the use of the 14th Amendment on this issue is fairly broad. Republicans would certainly be mad if he did it and would initiate impeachment proceedings, but it's not the act of a dictator. Someone has to stop Congress if they refuse to be responsible, otherwise they have exclusive power to completely destroy the US economy anytime they want with no oversight.
Young person, President Obama said about two weeks ago that his lawyers had determined that the 14th Amendment doesn't give him that power. Surely a lecturer on Constitution and his lawyers must know a little about this one. Yes, they did study it and they came out with the same ideas I have about that part of that amendment. I wonder who in the left came up with that idea.
Young person, President Obama said about two weeks ago that his lawyers had determined that the 14th Amendment doesn't give him that power. Surely a lecturer on Constitution and his lawyers must know a little about this one. Yes, they did study it and they came out with the same ideas I have about that part of that amendment. I wonder who in the left came up with that idea.
They never said he couldn't, they said he probably shouldn't do it. Only the Supreme Court has the authority to say he can't do it, and they haven't made that statement.
Are you one of those people who believe like one I answered last night when he said go ahead and do it and by the time the Supreme Court ruled it would have been done and too late to do anything? This wasn't the subject but you seem to think the same ideas apply.
In case you don't know the minute he attempted this would be one minute before the Republicans took it to a federal court and he would have to wait till it worked its way through the court system. Don't put all your trust in the Supreme Court since cases don't go directly to them.
Surely a Constitutional lecturer and his high powered lawyers could see that he couldn't get by with this.
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