Biden over the weekend signaled the 14th Amendment option isn't completely off the table for the future. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.The debt ceiling, created under the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917, sets the maximum amount of money that the United States can borrow. The 14th Amendment, the Debt Ceiling and a Way Out, N.Y. Times, July 25, 2011, at A10. (quoting Professor Jack Balkin). We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. After the Civil war, there was a lot of debt based on the money spent on the war. Violated the 1st and 14th Amendments. In a shocking twist, Trump also demanded that the legislation include a debt ceiling increase, which neither party had even been considering. Shall not be questioned.