BDBoop
August 1, 2011, 12:49am
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Somebody posted this at another board, and I’d like to raise the question here.
The rightwingnut threads on the debt ceiling have made me wonder… the 14th Amendment is pretty clear in stating that “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 insuurection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” Isn’t what the House is doing, in undermining the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, a violation of that provision?
There was a long thread on this in GQ recently, but you may have missed it because the title got the amendment wrong. Amendment 16, Clause 4, US Constitution