Finally for today (I have to go earn a living), a nominee for Most Frivolous Constitutional Argument of 2011: that the Fourteenth Amendment, section 4 to be precise, obligates the Congress to raise the debt ceiling, and authorizes the president to borrow money without congressional permission if it doesn’t act. Yeah, you read that right.
Share this story

About the Author
Matthew J. Franck is a senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute, a senior contributing editor of Public Discourse, a lecturer in politics at Princeton University, and professor emeritus of political science at Radford University.
Advertisement
Advertisement





Comments