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66 House Progressives Call On Biden to Invoke 14th Amendment to Thwart GOP ‘Hostage-Taking’

By Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams on May 20, 2023   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

66 House Progressives Call On Biden to Invoke 14th Amendment to Thwart GOP ‘Hostage-Taking’

“We don’t need to give in to Republican extortion or default,” the House progressives asserted. “The Constitution grants the president another option.” After GOP House negotiators bailed on U.S. debt ceiling talks on Friday, around two-thirds of the Congressional Progressive Caucus urged President Joe Biden to “invoke his constitutional authority granted in the 14th Amendment” in order […]

Biden Can ‘Absolutely’ Invoke 14th Amendment Over Debt Ceiling, Says Raskin

By Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams on May 9, 2023   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Biden Can ‘Absolutely’ Invoke 14th Amendment Over Debt Ceiling, Says Raskin

Members of Congress, legal scholars, and even the union representing federal workers are calling on the White House to answer the GOP’s economic hostage-taking with unilateral action to prevent a default. As congressional leaders prepare for a Tuesday meeting at the White House, Congressman Jamie Raskin, a constitutional scholar, affirmed Sunday that if GOP lawmakers won’t […]

Advocacy Groups Seek to Disqualify Trump Under Obscure Constitutional Provision

By Masood Farivar | VOA on Nov 21, 2022   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Advocacy Groups Seek to Disqualify Trump Under Obscure Constitutional Provision

Following former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is running to regain the White House in 2024, left-leaning advocacy groups are mobilizing to block his candidacy under a little-known constitutional provision, based on his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The provision — Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the […]



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