reached out to the White House and legal experts for comment via email.The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868, after the American Civil War to abolish slavery and ensure civil rights for Black Americans. It has since become a powerful amendment that has played a role in crucial legal cases andSome legal experts say the 14th Amendment could provide the president a legal mechanism to raise the debt ceiling, specifically pointing to Section Four of the amendment.
"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," the amendment reads.News'that Biden invoking the 14th Amendment, which could be largely uncharted legal territory, would create a"constitutional crisis," urging lawmakers to reach a deal.
"Our priority is to make sure that congress does its job. There is no way to protect our financial system in our economy other than congress doing its job and raising the debt ceiling and enabling us to pay our bills. And we should not get to the point where we need to consider whether the president can go on issuing debt. This would be a constitutional crisis," she said.
interview last Friday—but he has not publicly ruled out turning to this as a last resort should Congress fail to reach a deal.