Section 4 Public Debt. There are very strong legal arguments that the debt ceiling does, indeed, violate the 14th Amendment.The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. To amend chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, to provide procedures for congressional disapproval of the issuance of additional debt. The historical context of Section 4 also supports the assertion that the original meaning of the Public Debt Clause was precise. It does so in three ways. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. Intent appear facially complete (i.e. Where and when did the deputies to the Constitutional Convention assemble? Where and when did the deputies to the Constitutional Convention assemble?