Perspective
Aug. 11, 2011
Enduring constitutional lessons from the debt-ceiling crisis
Why the debt-ceiling crisis is "the mother of all teaching moments." By Glenn C. Smith of California Western School of Law
One of the great things about being a constitutional law professor is how often life provides vivid "teaching moments" for illustrating the dynamics and importance of the matters under study.
The constitutional issues that swirled around the recent federal debt-ceiling crisis make it "the mother of all teaching moments." From serious consideration of whether President Barack Obama should have taken unilateral action...
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