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The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted. | The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted. | ||
== | == Article IV [establishes relationship, rules & limits between the States & the States and the Federal Government]== | ||
=== | ===Section 1. [Full Faith & Credit clause] === | ||
==={{#tip-text: Section 2.|}} The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. | {{#tip-text: [Section 1. Summary]|Full faith and credit clause | ||
* requires states to respect and obey one another's laws}}''' | |||
{{#tip-text: Full Faith and Credit|Full faith and credit | |||
* = requirement of the Constitution that every State recognize and respect the validity of "public acts" (laws), "Records" (such as birth certificates), "and judicial Proceedings" of every other state | |||
* in other words, a person's birth certificate from one State must be considered valid identification by all States | |||
* usually the clause pertains to court cases, such as judgments (decisions) and decrees (orders) from one State, requiring that the other State recognize as valid those court outcomes | |||
* examples would be a law suit that ended in damages of money: | |||
** the person who was ordered to pay could not avoid payment by moving to another state | |||
** as the Full Faith and Credit clause would require the second state to respect and enforce the first State's court order | |||
* criminal Law is different, and the Constitution addresses this under the "Extradition" clause, which requires that one State return to another any fugitive from the law.}}''' shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.=== And the Congress may be general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. | |||
=== Section 2. [Privileges & Immunities clause] === | |||
{{#tip-text: [Section 2. Summary]|Privileges & Immunities clause}}''' | |||
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all '''{{#tip-text: Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States|Privileges & Immunities clause | |||
* = Constitutional requirement that the States must not treat citizens of the other States unfairly with respect to their own citizens | |||
* each state must make available to other States' citizens all the rights available to its own citizens, including the courts, the right to travel, marry, own property, etc. | |||
* in other words, with a few exceptions, States cannot discriminate against citizens of other states. | |||
* A few exceptions to this clause regard, called "reasonable distinctions," include: | |||
1) in-state tuition for college, giving preference via lower fees to state residents; | |||
2) require in-state residency to hold office | |||
3) require licenses for practice of certain businesses or professions}}'''. A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime. | |||
No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. | No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. | ||
==={{#tip-text: Section 3.|}} New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;=== but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. | === Section 3. === | ||
{{#tip-text: [Section 3. Summary]|New states}}''' | |||
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;=== but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. | |||
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. | The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. | ||
==={{#tip-text: Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. | === Section 4.=== | ||
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The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. | |||
=={{#tip-text: Article V|}} == | =={{#tip-text: Article V|}} == | ||