I wrote earlier about how we have folks on the left like Fatima Mohammed, the CUNY Law School commencement speaker who advocated for revolution.
How do they get there? Mohammed explains that the law itself — that thing that is supposed to be the underpinning of our society — is a “manifestation of White Supremacy.”
All that has gone before must be upended, some argue. All order, law, and even reality must be thrown under. That’s why we’re seeing cultural chaos, as well as political chaos. Right is wrong, wrong is right. They can’t even define what a woman is because there is no longer any objective reality, only the narrative. We’ve seen it in other countries before. We’re experiencing it now in this country. And the Democrats are the chief purveyors of this ideology. Anything that stands in the way of their power, from the Supreme Court to the law itself, must be attacked, demonized, or changed to serve their ends.
Members of Congress will even undercut the Consitution and throw Congressional power (when it’s controlled by Republicans) under the bus as we’ve seen in the debt limit debate. Some of them want to invoke the 14th Amendment as an excuse for Joe Biden to be able to bypass Congress. But as my colleague Joe Cunningham has observed, nothing in that public debt provision suggests that you can shoot down the express power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Even Barack Obama said that his legal counsel thought it wasn’t going to fly.
Biden: I’m looking at the 14th Amdt..I think we have the authority. The question is, could it be done and invoked in time
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) May 21, 2023
No kidding.
As George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley points out, that hasn’t stopped Democrats from saying monumentally bad things when it comes to the issue.
AOC continues to show a striking unfamiliarity with the Constitution in declaring "I still believe, first of all, that we should start to implement [the 14th Amendment] anyway because we should eliminate the debt limit in the United States."…https://t.co/vXYor0xniv
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 27, 2023
Turley observed, “AOC continues to show a striking unfamiliarity with the Constitution in declaring ‘I still believe, first of all, that we should start to implement [the 14th Amendment] anyway because we should eliminate the debt limit in the United States.’”
“Striking unfamiliarity” is wonderfully cutting and on target. He also explained how she also seemed willing to toss out the Supreme Court because she didn’t think it benefitted them enough, “AOC previously questioned the need for a Supreme Court: ‘How much does the current structure benefit us? And I don’t think it does.’”
Turley also nailed Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) for his cluelessness regarding the 14th Amendment.
…This constitutional confusion seems to be on display this week after Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., declared that requiring the payment of debt is "the whole reason why the 14th Amendment exists." That ignores a few other items like Equal Protection clause.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 27, 2023
Listen to what Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said on Sunday. She not only wanted the 14th Amendment invoked in this present situation, but she wants the raising of the debt ceiling and control by Congress of the spending eliminated. She’s saying that whoever is the chief executive should just have the ability to spend as much as they want and Congress should just have to pay it, with no ability to cut it off. It’s the very antithesis of what was envisioned by the Constitution, with its carefully constructed system of checks and balances.
Rep. @janschakowsky: “[Raising the debt ceiling] should be automatic, it should be like — you know, during the Trump Administration, he passed the debt ceiling three times without any hullabaloo, we should just make it a rule like the 14th Amendment of the Constitution says” pic.twitter.com/iJbG9YXllO
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 29, 2023
“[Raising the debt ceiling] should be automatic,” she argued. “We should just make it a rule like the 14th Amendment of the Constitution says.”
Turley observed how Biden has acted unilaterally in the past as with the rent moratorium and student debt forgiveness. But the stunning thing with this argument from members of Congress is that they are essentially nullifying themselves in addition to ignoring the Constitution.
President Biden has previously taken actions that he admitted were unlikely to “pass constitutional muster” but believed “at a minimum, by the time it gets litigated, it will probably give some additional time while we’re getting [billions] out to people.” Yes, he said that publicly.
Biden is not the first president to disregard legislative authority. But these members of the legislative branch are beseeching their leader to ignore them and their constitutional authority. Indeed, the most important power given to Congress under Article I is the “power of the purse.” It was the ultimate control over government. Whatever entanglements or commitments a president may seek, he must ultimately get the Congress to go along.
What’s the point in all this in addition to contributing to their power? To be able to spend without check. If we aren’t already up a creek without a paddle when it comes to debt, imagine where we’d be if we were so stupid as to go along with them on this. But this is where they want to go, as Schakowsky said, which would not only gut the Constitution but further destroy the country.
Here is a novel idea for these mental giants – figure out how to eliminate the national debt. Maybe a five dollar fine every time they whine about deficit spending, or raising the debt ceiling or bash republicans.
**** I can expand on my comments below. I kept it short for the sake of brevity, which increases the likelihood that it will be read.
The Democrats are using the 14th Amendment to destroy the United States.
1). 1965, President Johnson, by Executive Order, perverted so it gave citizenship to anyone born in the US. At least one exception was maintained, children born to diplomats would not become citizens. From 1868 to 1965, the 14th Amendment functioned as intended, which was to ensure that former slaves nor their descendants could be returned to slavery by the legal machinations of Southern Democrats. Passing a law for one reason but using it for another reason is wrong. Doing the same for a Constitutional Amendment is Very Wrong.
2). About the same time, the Supreme Court twisted the “due process” clause to make the Bill of Rights apply to the States. For the victims of public schools, the Bill of Rights were a bar on actions by the Federal Government. They first to fall victim to the Imperial Supreme Court was prayers in public schools. The 14th Amendment granted the 5th Amendment’s due process clause to the states, essentially protection of “Life, Liberty, and Property/Happiness”.
3). The Democrats are attempting to use the Insurrection clause against a number of people accused in the January 6, travesty. Barring them from office even if they were not present in Washington, DC. Again, it was intended to ensure that former Confederate officials could not be elected to Congress or the Presidency or be appoint to Federal Judicial positions.
4). Now the Democrat position that Biden can say the Debt Ceiling is Un-Constitutional and can void it.