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Lifer
- Jun 3, 2002
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I make a simple statement in what you quoted. Constitution > anything Congress can do short of a new Constitutional Amendment. Do you dare refute that?
Check your emotions before spouting such rubbish.
You're totally clueless. There are all sorts of cases and legal precedents and interpretations of the Constitution and their amendments. Those are what guide what is legal and Constitutional, not merely the (purposefully) vague wording of the Constitution. Simply listing a few words of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not actually support your case, because you fail to cite the lack of legal precedent for debt ceiling increases by Presidential fiat, in addition to the numerous market implications of such a move. You don't tread into uncharted legal waters when US debt creditworthiness is involved. It's asinine beyond belief and nowhere near legally clear. That's one of the many reasons a president hasn't ever actually raised the debt limit by himself.