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Ch. 4 Sec. 2. Relations among the states. A bit of background info…. U.S. Constitution laid the groundwork as to how the other states should interact with one another. All is mentioned in Article IV.
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Ch. 4 Sec. 2 Relations among the states
A bit of background info… • U.S. Constitution laid the groundwork as to how the other states should interact with one another. • All is mentioned in Article IV. • Requires the states to do 3 things with one another: - “Give Full Faith and Credit of the Laws” - Giving each other’s citizens equal privileges and immunities - The Right to Extradition
Full Faith and Credit • Public Acts, Records, and judicial proceedings of every state are to be accepted between states • In other words: If one state has made state documents or acts, all other states need to accept them • civil law: laws that relate to disputes between individuals • The states only are required to accept civil law • Without this, each state can be treated as foreign countries, where one could dodge the laws of one state by jumping state borders
Privileges and Immunities • “The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several states” • In other words, US citizens when they move from state to state, they have the same rights as if they were in their own.
Privileges and Immunities (cont.) • However, there are limitations to this. The term “privileges and immunities” is very broad. It’s up to decide to the states what some privileges are. For example: Not being able to vote if you are not a resident of that state, serving on its juries. Public Universities: Paying more if out-of-state
Extradition • “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.” – Article IV, Sec 2.
Extraditionin simple terms • If one commits a crime, you are to be tried in the state that the crime was done in. The other state would bring you back to said state.
Other interactions with states • Interstate Compacts: Written agreements between two or more states • Not restricted to states only: National Government may also be part of it. • Congress has final say on compacts: prevents states from making alliances with themselves. • Once accepted, terms are enforceable by the Supreme Court, if lawsuits were to occur.
