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2023-01-29 14:32:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DC9447ADABD25D27A033CF8A55D7AA9B5A4DD22E39B41632640B8FAA5230DAF3
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This Tweet is a reference to the opinion that the 14th Amendment prohibits the United States from defaulting on its debt, which essentially means the debt ceiling cannot be enforced. This is a widely-discussed opinion held by a number of lawyers and law professors. https://dlj.law.duke.edu/article/the-debt-limit-and-the-constitution-how-the-fourteenth-amendment-forbids-fiscal-obstructionism/ https://newrepublic.com/article/169857/debt-ceiling-law-terminate-constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling
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