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→Section 10. (limits on powers of the states)
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* 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 | ||
* the "contracts" clause is, then, a protection against arbitrary law (one can imagine a monarch arbitrarily deciding who shall and who shall not be obligated to pay debts)}}''', or grant any Title of Nobility. | * the "contracts" clause is, then, a protection against arbitrary law (one can imagine a monarch arbitrarily deciding who shall and who shall not be obligated to pay debts)}}''', or grant any '''{{#tip-text:Title of Nobility|No Title of Nobility | ||
* here the Constitution repeats the prohibition of a federal power upon the states | |||
* = prohibition against assigning titles of nobility (duke, lord, prince, etc.) | |||
* nobility = hereditary titles and is thereby arbitrary | |||
* this prohibition can be seen as a protection against arbitrary law}}'''. | |||
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress. | No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress. | ||