Scholarship@WashULaw
Why Do We Have a Debt Limit?
Document Type
Blog Posting
Language
English (en)
Publication Date
2023
Publication Title
The Volokh Conspiracy
Abstract
Critics of the limit are right that it wasn't intended as an ex post check on spending, but its history makes constitutional objections difficult to fathom.
Keywords
Debt Limit, Constitutional Law, History
Publication Citation
Clarke, Conor, Why Do We Have a Debt Limit?, The Volokh Conspiracy on Reason (May 24, 2023), https://reason.com/volokh/2023/05/24/why-do-we-have-a-debt-limit/
Repository Citation
Clarke, Conor, "Why Do We Have a Debt Limit?" (2023). Scholarship@WashULaw. 669.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/669