States cannot go bankrupt. What they promised to pay, they actually have to pay.
Even if everyone in the state goes bankrupt.
Think about it.
“What they promised to pay, they actually have to pay.”
If that were the case, Congress can demand the population to pay whatever it wants, and a future congress cannot nullify that action. Then we are slaves forever.
How is it that one congress can pass omnipotent legislation, while another cannot? You would need to argue that one legislature has plenary power, while another does not. The logic collapses on itself.
If what you stated were true, the only way to rescind bad legislation is through armed revolution overthrowing the government. I don’t think the Founders had that in mind.
If I recall correctly, Reid and Pelosi tried to include a passage in obumacare that said the legislation can’t be rescinded. The rat party itself shot that down.
In addition, you need to argue in favor of the “dead hand doctrine,” which was thoroughly torn up by the courts in the racist covenant deeds in the old south.
” Congress can tackle almost any issue it wants; it is flexible in how it can approach problems (in particular, Congress is not bound by past decisions)”
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/campbell1104.htm
You’re up. Defend your premise.