No, the 14th Amendment does not have any direct bearing on the issue of the U.S. debt ceiling, which is a statutory limitation set by the government on its own borrowing. The 14th Amendment states that the validity of U.S. public debt “shall not be questioned” and is typically used as a constitutional argument in favor of raising the debt ceiling but ultimately Congress has the authority to impose this limitation. Therefore, the 14th Amendment alone would not be able to provide a solution to the current debt-ceiling debate.
