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Constitution of the United States – Article IV, V, VI, VII
- The Constitution has 7 Articles. Each Article is broken into Sections
- Article IV – Relationships between States - 4 Sections
- Section 1- Sharing of Information
- Each State shall share information with the other states.
- Goods, Money, Credit, Laws, Records.
- Section 2 – Rights of State Citizens
- Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the rights of the
Nation and to the State.
- Anyone committing a crime in one state and then fleeing to
another, shall be returned to the original state.
- Anyone held in service or labor in one state, and then flees to
another state, shall be returned to the original state
- Section 3 – Admission of new states
- Congress may allow for the addition of new states, provided
the current states agree and no boundary law are infringed
- Congress has the power to make laws and have jurisdiction in
states and territories of the United States.
- Section 4 – Guarantee of Government
- Every state, current and future shall be guaranteed a
representative government and shall be protected by the other
states and National government.
- Article V – Amendment Procedures – 1 Section
- Section 1 – Amendment procedures
- When ever 2/3 of Congress deems it necessary, Amendments
shall be considered.
- When ever 3/4 of the states, or 3/4 of a Convention approve of
the Amendment, the Amendment shall become added.
- Amendment can not violate the rights of people or the states.
- Each state has the right to be represented during the process of
adding an Amendment.
- Article VI – Power of the Constitution and Federal Laws – 1 Section
- Section 1 – Power of the Constitution and Federal laws
- Any debt or deals entered into prior to the creation of the
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Constitution of the United States – Article IV, V, VI, VII
Constitution, shall be honored.
- The Constitution and the laws within it, shall be the highest
law and word of the land. Judges and States must abide by it.
- All people, (federal/state) shall be bound by the constitution
- No religious test shall be required to affirm and office
- Article VII – Ratification of the Constitution – 1 Section
- Section 1 – Ratification
- 9 States must ratify the Constitution at their respective
conventions.