Can Biden use 14th Amendment to avert a debt limit crisis? Legal experts weigh in
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President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday evening that he was considering invoking the amendment
Experts who spoke with Fox News Digital cast doubt on the viability of President Joe Biden invoking the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to raise the federal borrowing limit, each explaining that the likely reason for the law did not quite match the context of the situation. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital.
The 14th Amendment reads, "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
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