Minting a trillion-dollar coin? Invoking the 14th Amendment? Even getting rid of the debt ceiling altogether? A number of unusual solutions to the ongoing debt-ceiling crisis have gotten new attention ...

Amid a looming showdown over raising the debt ceiling, Democrats in Congress and liberal lawyers, economists, and academics outside government are pushing ideas to address the debt limit without ...

Congress still hasn't come to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling with a default expected as soon as early June. Minting a $1 trillion platinum coin or using the 14th amendment could solve the ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Sixteenth Amendment, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Nearly all of the wealth of super-rich Americans is tied up in “unrealized” gains, ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...