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SCOTUS Scraps Puerto Rico Debt Restructure Law

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Sets up showdown in Congress.

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The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law passed in Puerto Rico—the Recovery Act—that would have allowed a public restructuring of the U.S. territory’s debt. The ruling moving the matter back to Congress, where lawmakers are debating whether to set up a federal advisory board to supervise a restructuring of Puerto Rico’s debt.

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