The 14th Amendment and the Debt Ceiling Negotiations

Senior Biden officials have told progressive activists and lawmakers in recent days that they do not see the 14th Amendment as a viable means of circumventing debt ceiling negotiations. They have argued that doing so would be risky and destabilizing, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The Supreme Court is happy to prevent legislation from going beyond red lines about what it thinks the government's authority is, but I really don't think they want to be directly legislating," he said.