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How could the 14th amendment relate to the US gov't debt ceiling crisis? 
Section Four of the amendment reads: The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payments of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.  In other words, if President Obama wants to, he could unilaterally invoke this provision and go ahead and get the money he needs.  Good articles describing this in some detail can be found here and here.