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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 Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. | 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 | |||
* = 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. | |||
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. | ||