How a Boston Lawsuit Could Get Us Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess

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It’s so crazy, it just might work. Or perhaps it isn’t crazy at all.

With less than two weeks to go before the federal government exhausts its borrowing authority under the debt limit, and no exhaustion at all to the Republican Party’s desire to hold the world economy hostage, some observers are predicting an unprecedented default.

But not so fast. An ingenious lawsuit developed by lawyers for the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) not only could provide a way out, but could do so on the sort of impeccable conservative terms that the current Supreme Court might not be able to resist.

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