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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by kemayo on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:15PM (#28764222)
You can certainly construct a reasonable argument that (a) the executive is required to do everything possible/legal before failing to fulfill the budget, and (b) Congress has been aware of the coin loophole for years and has declined to close it, so (c) the executive is basically-required to try the coin before defaulting.

It's silly, but mostly as a representation of how the underlying situation is ridiculous.

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Re:Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last... by djur on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:47PM (#28764653)
That's certainly how I interpret things. Either that or the debt ceiling is simply unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment section 4. If Congress makes contradictory laws that the President cannot obey without violating the Constitution, the Constitution takes precedence.
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