Tag Archives: Fourteenth Amendment

Is the Debt Limit Constitutional?

Posted on May 3, 2023 by whungerford

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.–Fourteenth Amendment (Section 4) The debt ceiling crisis … Continue reading →

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Does the Bill of Rights apply to the states? Probably.

Posted on July 5, 2014 by whungerford

Does the Bill of Rights apply to the states? Probably, but only when the Supreme Court says it does. Before 1920, mostly it didn’t. It all depends on the Fourteenth Amendment which reads in part: “… nor shall any state deprive any … Continue reading →

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