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Understanding Interstate Relations and Legal Obligations in the US

Explore the Full Faith and Credit Clause, Extradition, and Privileges and Immunities in US interstate relations. Learn how these legal principles affect various situations involving laws, records, and citizenship rights.

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Understanding Interstate Relations and Legal Obligations in the US

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  1. Discovering Interstate Relations

  2. Full Faith and Credit Clause • Article IV, Section 1 states: “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each state to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other state.” • Public Acts: Laws of the state. • Records: Documents like birth and marriage certificates. • Judicial Proceedings: Outcome of trials.

  3. Extradition • Article IV, Section 2: “A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime who flees justice and is found in another state shall be delivered up to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.” • Translation: A fugitive who flees from law enforcement by crossing into another state, can be returned by that state to the original state where the crime was committed.

  4. Privileges and Immunities • Article IV, Section 2: “The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.” • Translation: No state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in another state.

  5. Interstate Relations Practice • Directions: Think about each situation below and then identify the clause (Full Faith and Credit, Extradition, or Privileges and Immunities) that prohibits it.

  6. #1 • An Oregon city refuses to allow a high school student to attend class, because her family just moved there at the end of the summer. • Answer: Privileges and Immunities.

  7. #2 • Thomas Jones, a citizen of Wyoming, inherits a ranch in Colorado. The State of Colorado refuses to allow this inheritance, because Jones is from another State. • Answer: Full Faith and Credit

  8. #3 • Ohio requires Pennsylvania citizens to show passports when they cross the border. • Answer: Privileges and Immunities

  9. #4 • The son of a Mississippi official commits a crime in Arkansas. He flees to Mississippi and lives there openly, despite efforts by Arkansas officials to bring him to court. • Answer: Extradition

  10. #5 • New Hampshire will not allow a chiropractor from another State to practice in New Hampshire, even though she has been living there for four years. • Answer: Privileges and Immunities….or Full Faith and Credit (maybe).

  11. #6 • An employer refuses to allow benefits to a long-time employee’s wife, because the employee’s marriage occurred out of State several years earlier. • Answer: Full Faith and Credit

  12. #7 • A New Yorker is not allowed to relocate to Florida. • Answer: Privileges and Immunities

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