With negotiations over the debt ceiling stalling, some lawmakers are pushing President Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment. The president says he is willing to discuss possible deficit savings, but without the threat of the federal government being unable to pay its bills.The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The 14th Amendment was necessary to make clear that Black people, as well as anyone born in the country or naturalized, were American citizens. The Court reserved the issues of whether Section Three of the. Fourteenth Amendment applies to Trump and whether Trump engaged in an. Liberty of contract. The text ultimately adopted in the Fourteenth Amendment refers not just to any insurrection, but an "insurrection … against the same. Akhil Reed Amar and Vikram David Amar are constitutional scholars and historians who seek to aid. The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is intended to provide a brief and accurate explanation of each clause of the Constitution.