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The city council voted to put the city into bankruptcy protection. The mayor says the council can't do that.

Major League Baseball recently rejected a TV deal for the Dodgers that team owner Frank McCourt said would provide financial stability for the team. McCourt then filed bankruptcy in hopes of staving off the MLB.

Host Liane Hansen talks with law professor David Skeel about a proposal that would allow states to declare bankruptcy as a way to handle overwhelming debt.