Perspective
Jul. 30, 2011
Obama and the debt limit: avoiding default while respecting the Constitution
Top legal scholars offer troubling theory for bypassing the U.S. debt-ceiling law. By Bryan H. Wildenthal of Thomas Jefferson School of Law
On July 22, in a New York Times editorial piece, Professor Eric Posner of The University of Chicago Law School and Professor Adrian Vermeule of Harvard Law School joined a growing chorus of legal scholars (including former President Bill Clinton, who was once a constitutional law professor himself) in urging President Barack Obama to disregard the U.S. debt-ceiling law on constitutional grounds, in order to avoid a default on America...
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