{"id":1924938,"date":"2023-05-05T08:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T12:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-president-has-legal-grounds-to-ignore-debt-ceiling-some-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T08:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T12:59:15","slug":"in-depth-president-has-legal-grounds-to-ignore-debt-ceiling-some-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-president-has-legal-grounds-to-ignore-debt-ceiling-some-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts say President can legally ignore debt ceiling."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-depth-president-has-legal-grounds-to-ignore-debt-ceiling-some-experts-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Debt Ceiling Standoff: Will the President Ignore It?<\/h2>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>The United States is facing a potential financial crisis as the White House and Congress remain at odds over raising the debt ceiling. If the issue is not resolved soon, the country could default on its financial obligations for the first time ever. However, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-defunding-fbi\/\" title=\"Trump Calls for Defunding FBI\">legal experts suggest<\/a> that the president could simply ignore the debt ceiling and continue borrowing money to pay the legal debts authorized by Congress. This opinion is based on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-critical-race-theory-is-a-resource-to-transform-judiciary\/\" title=\"Federal Court: Critical Race Theory Is a \u2018Resource\u2019 To \u2018Transform\u2019 Judiciary\">obscure legal theory<\/a> that rests on the politics of Reconstruction, a seldom-cited portion of a constitutional amendment, and a bewildering paradox in the way Congress spends money.<\/p>\n<h3>The President&#8217;s Dilemma<\/h3>\n<p>As the country approaches the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-does-not-expect-gop-will-help-democrats-raise-the-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"McConnell Does Not Expect GOP Will Help Democrats Raise The Debt Ceiling\">borrowing limit<\/a>, the president faces a dilemma. He is caught between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-president-has-legal-grounds-to-ignore-debt-ceiling-some-experts-say\/\" title=\"Experts say President can legally ignore debt ceiling.\">appropriations laws duly enacted<\/a> by Congress, the debt ceiling, and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Section 4 of the 14th Amendment states, \u201cThe validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law \u2026 shall not be questioned.\u201d The amendment puts it beyond doubt that the United States will always pay its debts.<\/p>\n<h3>The Legal Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Ignoring the debt ceiling would likely draw a court challenge, but some legal experts suggest that it could survive such a challenge. However, such a move would be fraught with legal and political consequences. The Supreme Court may refuse to intervene and leave the matter to the two \u201cpolitical branches\u201d of government to work out amongst themselves and at the ballot box.<\/p>\n<h3>Political Ramifications<\/h3>\n<p>Assuming that ignoring the debt limit would not be struck down by the courts, the president could face political fallout from doing so. Americans don&#8217;t want the government defaulting on the debt, but they also don&#8217;t want debt ceilings ignored. They think that would mean the government could just keep spending and spending, even more than they do now.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-lawmakers-mull-rare-procedure-to-break-debt-ceiling-standoff\/\" title=\"House Lawmakers Mull Rare Procedure To Break Debt Ceiling Standoff\">debt ceiling standoff<\/a> is a complex issue with legal, political, and financial implications. While some legal experts suggest that the president could ignore the debt ceiling, such a move would be risky and could have serious consequences. It remains to be seen how this issue will be resolved, but one thing is clear: the United States must find a way to pay its debts and avoid defaulting on its financial obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-month standoff between the White House and Congress over the debt ceiling threatens a first-ever default on the nation\u2019s financial obligations, which could occur as soon as June 1. That possibility could be avoided if the president chose to simply ignore the debt ceiling and resume borrowing money to pay the legal debts Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":1924939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[10142,5487,4521,4194,9501,3669],"class_list":["post-1924938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-ceiling","tag-debt","tag-experts","tag-ignore","tag-legally","tag-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}