The 14th Amendment states the validity of the debt "shall not be questioned" — but invoking it might not protect the U.S. from economic consequences.

The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in cases involving workdays, schools, train cars and birth control.

"I'm looking at the 14th Amendment," he told reporters in Japan. "As to whether or not we have the authority, I think we have the authority." But the never-tested issue, Biden noted, would almost ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us ...

The 14th Amendment was passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868. Enacted after the Civil War, the disqualification clause aimed to keep former Confederate civil and military ...

Officials in both Colorado and Maine have ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible for their ballots because he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — by engaging in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

Some legal scholars say a clause in the 14th Amendment could mean the president can bypass Congress and clear the way for more debt to be issued. Others are dubious.

Anti-Trump challengers have succeeded at using the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine, though those ...

The truth is that the Treasury has more than ample revenue coming in each month to avoid defaulting on the debt, and Mr. Biden doesn’t need to distort the meaning of the 14th Amendment to do it.

Democrats are urging President Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment. But he sees a problem. Last Updated: May 18, 2023 at 11:37 a.m. ET First Published: May 9, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. ET ...