Here are a few links touching on the different issues raised regarding the constitution, the national debt and presidential power. It's worth considering whether the Constitution is internally contradictory. Example: We are supposed to honor debts, but no entity other than Congress can borrow money, which means that there is no entity that can force Congress to honor debts.
- Under What Circumstances Can The President Ignore the Debt Ceiling?
- The Legislative History of Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- More on the Original Meaning of Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Laurence Tribe Responds to Secretary Geithner.
- Is Section 4 Alive?
- The Debt Limit Debate and the War Powers Debate
- A Ceiling We Can’t Wish Away
