Obama Skirts Question on 14th Amendment’s Place in Debt Talks

“I don’t think we should even get to the constitutional issue,” Mr. Obama said in a town-hall meeting conducted using Twitter.

A handful of politicians, academics and pundits have floated the idea of invoking the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to avoid a U.S. default if Congress fails to raise the limit before the government runs out of borrowing room. The Treasury says the deadline is Aug. 2.