U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment, Section 4
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Notes
Bars questioning the validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts for pensions and bounties for suppressing insurrection or rebellion. Bars the United States and any state from assuming or paying debts incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave.
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