Obama Not Ruling Out Invoking Constitutional Nuclear Option In Debt Talks | TPMDC

As the conservatives like to say in justifying police-state tactics "the Constitution is not a suicide pact". - GWC

Obama Not Ruling Out Invoking Constitutional Nuclear Option In Debt Talks | TPMDC: "During Wednesday's first Twitter town hall, President Barack Obama sidestepped a question about whether it was a good idea to invoke the 14th Amendment to pay government obligations if Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling -- but he didn't rule it out.

As the Aug. 2 deadline to raise the debt ceiling looms closer and closer, liberal academics -- and even some Democratic members of Congress -- have begun questioning whether the legislative branch actually has the power under the Constitution to force the federal government to default on its debts."