Debt Ceiling

May 26, 2023

Prioritization Isn’t Just an Economic Catastrophe, It’s a Constitutional Crisis

by Arnab Datta, Skanda Amarnath

Administration Lawyers are Walking the President into a Constitutional Crisis

Fiscal Policy | May 22, 2023

14th Amendment, Debt Ceiling & Perpetual Bonds: The Treasury Department is Hiding Political Failure In Technocratic Excuses

by Skanda Amarnath, Arnab Datta

Many thanks to Carlos Mucha for his generous assistance. The 14th Amendment is strongly relevant to the debt ceiling, but unlike what some elected officials and journalists have claimed, it is not a ‘hidden power’ that can be invoked to carry out some obvious action. It is a Constitutional constraint