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.Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment vests Congress with the authority to adopt "appropriate" legislation to enforce the other parts of the Amendment. Biden over the weekend signaled the 14th Amendment option isn't completely off the table for the future. E.F. Keen stated, "I believe there is a. There is no exemption solely because you are having difficulty paying your debts. In this episode, the debt ceiling and the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment became part of the Constitution after the Civil War. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The 14th Amendment became part of the Constitution after the Civil War.