This stupid line of thinking has already been eviscerated as totally false. That doesn’t mean they won’t try it, though.
Unfortunately for Clinton is the fact-checking. No budget was passed by the previous Congress. The Pelosi-Reid Congress took a ‘pass’ on the responsibility of doing a budget as they were either too busy or lacked the will to do so.
We actually have People and not just Politicians, rooting and cheering for an opportunity to go even farther into debt by TRILLIONS of Dollars.
They are not just spending all of the disposable income of current and future American Tax Payers. They want to spend the entire wealth of every Nation on the Planet.
This is how Wars begin, with Greed, Jealousy and Envy.
You have and I want it!
Use it like ya did a certain blue dress?
BS he’d use Monica.
14th Amendment, section 4:
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. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
The most important part is the phrase "authorized by law". The debt ceiling is the authorization by law. No increase in debt ceiling = no authorization to incur debt. Those bonds would immediately be not covered by the "shall not be questioned". Thus every one will be questioned and subject to litigation. Who in the world would buy those junk bonds knowing that?
I have not seen a single response by libs claiming the 14th amendment means there is no real debt ceiling even try to respond to the "authorized by law" phrase.
One could only hope the AnointedIdiot will do such.
Impeachment proceedings come to mind.....
I often wonder what it would take to get the Supreme Court to fast-track something for review.
Seems to me they don’t want to involve themselves in anything.
There’s another part of the 14th amendment I wish they would review.
How lawless our lawmakers are, it’s almost cartoonish.
Will this somehow help BJ continue to be a serial rapist ?
Right now the treasury has a hard time finding buyers for US debt, it would be impossible to find buyers for any debt issued without the consent of the people (House).
Every time this man opens his mouth I am reminded how glad I was on January 20th, 2001.
I have little doubt that if 9/11 happened on Clinton’s watch, he’d STILL occupy the Oval Office today with no prospect of leaving after next year. He would have pushed through an executive order extending his presidency indefinitely and would have dared the courts to argue otherwise. After all, how many divisions has the Supreme Court?
[[Former President Bill Clinton would invoke the 14th Amendment - “without hesitation, and force the courts to stop me,”]]
Clinton _might_ have done that. And, if he did, the courts would have stopped him.
Obama _might_ just try this, as well. But if he does, the courts _won’t dare_ to stop _him_.
Let’s just speculate that they might try. I’d wager that Obama would simply ignore the courts. Really.
His argument would be, “we can’t pull the rug from under the less fortunate, we _must_ help those in need”. And I’ll also speculate that at least 45-50% of the American public would swallow that argument....
Just sayin’....
But WHY does Slick say this NOW, interject himself into the race..other than to differentiate Obama from himself ( and by inference, perhaps also Hillary)
Congress needs to remember who holds the purse. It’s those pesky checks and balances again and every once in a while someone on the left derides the Constitution and wants to replace it. I wonder why.
There is no doubt the perverted sink stainer use the 14th amendment. Convoluted interpretations of the constitution are part of the liberal mindset. Common sense and intelligent interpretations are anathema to them.
hey bubba...shut up cigar boy
I pay no attention to him, her/it, or that grifter in our White House.