Can The President Just Use the 14th To Pay the Debt? [From 2014]

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics - A podcast by Bruce Carlson

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An older cast where way back when - we looked at the possible use of the 14th Amendment to pay the debt off without Congress by President Obama. It never came to fruition - in fact Obama panned the idea, calling it an esoteric Constitutional argument. It wasn't as useful as just working something out with John Boehner, I suppose. But times have changed, and this is worth a re-listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices