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New page: The '''Bankruptcy Clause''' is Article I, § 8, cl. 4, of the U.S. Constitution. It provides that Congress shall have the power to establish "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptci...

The '''Bankruptcy Clause''' is Article I, § 8, cl. 4, of the [[U.S. Constitution]]. It provides that Congress shall have the power to establish "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States."

A primary motivation for this clause was the interest in avoiding unjust imprisonment for debt and making federal discharges in bankruptcy enforceable in every State was a primary motivation for the adoption of that provision. But it extends broader than that, covering the entire "subject of Bankruptcies."

The [[Supreme Court]] has thus held that the power granted to Congress by that Clause is a unitary concept rather than an amalgam of discrete segments.<ref>''[[Cent. Va. Cmty. College v. Katz]]'', 546 U.S. 356 (2006).</ref>

== References ==

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[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[category:Bankruptcy Law]]

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