That take is clearly wrong because, if nothing else, it overlooks that in the design of the federal government the Treasury is in the executive branch, not the legislative branch.
I don't know who these professors might be, but we can quickly debunk the claim they're making on that point alone.
So the GOP has already voted in the House to authorize the president to borrow more money. It is really ridiculous for these professors to try to pick this hill that both confuses the legislative branch activity and also the executive branch functioning.