A Strict Construction 0
Robert Reich cites the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which states, in part,
and suggests that Republicans’ efforts to force the nation to default on its debts constitutes such questioning and may well be in violation of the Constitution. Here’s a bit from his article:
He goes on to argue that “Constitutional originalists” would be hard-pressed to find such an action unconstitutional.
(Of course, the flaw in that argument is that “originalists” are only “originalists” when it suits their agenda, but that’s a topic for another day.)