Biden should make it 100% clear he's ready to protect the country from GOP extortion. He shouldn't preemptively discredit the 14th amendment answer. Fear of SCOTUS can't dictate strategy. That only reinforces the cycle of abuse Dems are trapped in here:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-14th-amendment/

There's no need to presume in advance that SCOTUS would rule against Biden. @RepRaskin offers three reasons here.

Biden can't let SCOTUS “intimidate the other branches into not following the text and clear meaning of the Constitution," Raskin says:

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-14th-amendment/

@RepRaskin Would SCOTUS help the GOP wreck the economy amid its legitimization crisis? Maybe. But if not, the payoff would be big.

“A favorable ruling or even a decision that courts should stay out could nullify the threat of future extortion," @dorfonlaw tells us.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-14th-amendment/

@RepRaskin @dorfonlaw We're sympathetic to the argument from @ezraklein and others that there are serious risks associated with a possible SCOTUS ruling against Biden.

But that doesn't settle the matter. This has to be weighed against long-term downsides of the alternative:

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-14th-amendment/

@RepRaskin @dorfonlaw @ezraklein Brutal dynamic: When Biden started negotiating with GOP extortionists, the media cast it as a broken promise not to negotiate.When Biden discredits the 14th amendment answer, it further encourages the press to portray this as a conventional negotiation:

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-14th-amendment/

@RepRaskin @dorfonlaw @ezraklein Also worth noting @EricLevitz's point: A global financial crisis isn't a core goal of the conservative legal movement. SCOTUS might not want to own one.

As we argue, there are many reasons not to presume what SCOTUS would do. That can't dictate strategy.

@RepRaskin @dorfonlaw @ezraklein @EricLevitz Here's a free link to the whole piece, by @paulwaldman1 and myself:
wapo.st/43cxK1c