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The U.S. Constitution prohibits states from enacting laws that impair contractual obligations entered into by government entities.
Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026
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“Moses had planned for this, too, and his solution was so clever that no lawyer or lawmaker in Albany saw it coming. The United States Constitution says that no state shall make, quote, "any law impairing the obligation of contracts," end quote, entered into by a government entity.”5:29Report a misattribution
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