Sentence examples for contracts clause from inspiring English sources

But the Bankruptcy Code is federal, enacted under the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution, and not subject to the Contracts Clause.

By calling the benefits a contract, the state's Constitution invokes the federal Constitution, which has a Contracts Clause that prohibits the states from passing any law impairing contracts.

While debtor-relief laws had been precisely what the framers of the contracts clause of the Constitution meant to forbid when they held that no state shall pass laws "impairing the obligation of contracts," the court concluded that the meaning of the Constitution had changed and that judges were free to recognize the change.

The judge also found that the law violated both the constitutional right to due process, because it did not give sex offenders notice of changes to their registration status, and the contracts clause of the Constitution, because it changed the terms of plea agreements.

It came off like a contract clause writ large, a shot at a potential franchise.

Before the injury, Boone said, he gave only passing thought to the contract clause he violated.

The White Sox have invoked a contract clause that allows them to defer most of Thomas's $10 million salary.

United declared an "operational emergency" in five cities last week, initiating a contract clause that forces mechanics to work overtime.

O'Neal is allowed to drive a motorcycle, but he has a contract clause that prohibits him from sky diving.

A contract clause enabled Hoffenheim, then in the second division, to buy him for a million euros (about $1.3 million).

Sather said he did not want to exercise a contractual buyout and that a contract clause complicated the trade.