Section 4 Public Debt. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. 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. — The language of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the provision of due process when an interest in one's "life, liberty or property" is threatened. "The validity of the public debt of the United States," the 14th Amendment states, "shall not be questioned. Proposals are from when candidates served as president and vice president respectively unless text or links indicate otherwise. In a shocking twist, Trump also demanded that the legislation include a debt ceiling increase, which neither party had even been considering.