Embedded Player The possibility that Congress will not pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling has some Democratic leaders, including former President Bill Clinton, suggesting that President Obama invoke the 14th Amendment. It states that the "validity of the public debt of the United States ... shall not be questioned." The White House says it will not use the amendment to increase the debt limit, but Jonathan Zasloff of UCLA Law School tells host Guy Raz that the president would be on solid legal ground if he chose that option.