I hope you will find the Lawrence ODonnell segment from The Last Word last night...the segment with Lawrence Tribe. Please watch.
Tribe is a Harvard Law professor who has re-looked at what he feels the President's duties are per constitution.
Biden swore an oath to perform his duties....and uphold the laws. One of those duties is to discharge (PAY) the lawful debts of the U.S. And the GOP Congress trying to stop him is unlawful.
They can't hold the debt hostage! #DebtCeiling
But Congress is NOT trying to stop him. There is no bill on the table that would tell the president not to pay the debts, and such legislation would be legally unenforceable if it even existed.
Instead, this is just about the president seeking to expand his power to borrow against the nation's credit. Congress is skeptical of giving him that power, as it should be under our system of checks and balances.
Should the president refuse to pay the lawful debts, that would be grounds for impeachment in my view, so he really should stop threatening it.
