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| Article Four of the ] describes the relationship between the federal government and states. | |||
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| And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the | |||
| effect thereof. | |||
| <h2>Complete Text</h2> | |||
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| <h3>Section 1</h3> | |||
| ⚫ | 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 | ||
| ⚫ | Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. | ||
| 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. | |||
| <h3>Section 2</h3> | |||
| ⚫ | No person held to service or labor 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 labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or | |||
| ⚫ | The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states. | ||
| labor may be due. | |||
| ⚫ | 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. | ||
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| ⚫ | 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. | |||
| ⚫ | No person held to service or labor 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 labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. | ||
| ⚫ | The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property | ||
| <h3>Section 3</h3> | |||
| 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. | |||
| ⚫ | New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new states 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. | ||
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| them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against | |||
| domestic violence. | |||
| ⚫ | 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. | ||
| <h3>Section 4</h3> | |||
| ⚫ | 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. | ||
Revision as of 04:57, 23 March 2001
Article Four of the United States Constitution describes the relationship between the federal government and states.
Complete Text
Section 1
Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
Section 2
The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
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 labor 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 labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Section 3
New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new states 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.
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.