re: #58 ThomasLite

not to my knowledge. which is why I’m wondering. if there had been I’d probably been reasonably sure.

If there hasn’t been a Supreme Court case about it, then there is zero precedent, unless there’s any state court case that’s similar.

can’t see the current court ignore that kind of standing tradition out of hand, as well as giving the executive branch such an expanded discretion easily though.

“it’s tradition” isn’t a legal argument.

I never said your idea *won’t* fly; just that it’s not entirely uncontroversial.

It’s not my idea. It’s just that it seems really clear that clause is supposed to ensure the creditworthiness of the United States. Since that’s a very, very important thing, it seems more likely that’s the meaning, rather than that the US has to go through complex shennaningans in order to not be doubted as to its creditworthiness.