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* both are protections against arbitrary law}}'''<br>
* both are protections against arbitrary law}}'''<br>


No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emits Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or '''{{#tip-text"Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts|Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emits Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or '''{{#tip-text:Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts|Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts
* prohibits States from voiding contracts
* prohibits States from voiding contracts
* = a limit on State Sovereignty that was designed to avoid arbitrary State actions designed to assist particular individuals who held debts
* = a limit on State Sovereignty that was designed to avoid arbitrary State actions designed to assist particular individuals who held debts