Conor Clarke
Conor Clarke
Conor Clarke is an incoming associate law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. From 2017 to 2023, he was an attorney at the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.Source
St. Louis, Missouri
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There Is No Constitutional End Run Around the Debt Ceiling

There Is No Constitutional End Run Around the Debt Ceiling

With negotiations over the debt ceiling dragging on and the country running low on cash, many Democrats have urged President Joe Biden to take a unilateral action that will make those negotiations moot: Simply declare the debt limit unconstitutional. Last week, dozens of progressive House members signed a letter urging him to do so, and over the weekend, Biden expressed cautious sympathy for the argument. “I think we have the authority,” he told reporters, though he noted that the move would be challenged in court.There is an excellent reason why this theory has never been tried in any of...

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