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Article IV of the United States Constitution discusses the individual states, including their formation and interaction with each other. It has four sections and has been amended once, by the following amendment: Note: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution in its original form. Sections that are linked have since been amended or superseded. Section 1
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| Text of 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.
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Section 2
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| Text of 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 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.
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Section 3
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| Text of 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. 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.
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Section 4
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| Text of 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.
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What is Article 4 of the Constitution called?
This clause, commonly known as the Property or 'Territorial' Clause, grants Congress the constitutional authority for the management and control of all territories or other property owned by the United States.
What is Article VI of the Constitution called?
Often referred to as the supremacy clause, this article says that when state law is in conflict with federal law, federal law must prevail.
What does Article IV explain?
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.
What is the focus of Article 4?
Article IV outlines states' powers in relationship to each other. States have the authority to create and enforce their own laws but must respect and help enforce the laws of other states. Congress may pass Federal laws regarding how states honor other states' laws and records.
What is Article IV Section 2 of the Constitution referred to as?
Section 2 Interstate Comity
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.
What is Article IV of the Constitution quizlet?
Article IV. Relations Among the States. Full Faith and Credit Clause. This clause establishes that states must respect other states court rulings, records and civil laws. You just studied 6 terms!
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