It is Section 4 of the 14th Amendment that pertains to the national debt, stating that the "validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law… shall not be questioned." ...

President Joe Biden said he has considered invoking the 14th Amendment to avoid a government default. What to know about the remote possibility.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is facing scrutiny after he claimed last week the “whole reason" for the 14th Amendment was to assist with debt negotiations.

14th Amendment: Biden weighs invoking it to avoid default; McConnell warns against it What does the 14th Amendment have to do with debt? Section 4 of the 14th Amendment says the "validity of the ...

What does the 14th Amendment have to do with U.S. debt? The Constitution forbids the United States from defaulting on its debts. This matters.

What you need to know about the 14th Amendment and the debt ceiling A handful of Democrats are urging the president to use the amendment to raise the nation’s debt limit without Congress.

Some constitutional scholars argue that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, known as the Public Debt Clause, allows the president to authorize the Treasury Department to ...

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says.

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment Some experts, including Laurence H. Tribe of Harvard Law School, point to Section 4 of the amendment as the basis of their argument that the president has the ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 ...

Some scholars say the debt limit goes against section 4 of the 14th Amendment, which says the public debt of the U.S. government "shall not be questioned." ...

But the 14th Amendment never envisioned this reality. Section 1, with its promise of civil equality, was written to obliterate laws that applied disproportionately to one race.