14.
Relations Among the States
Article IV of the Constitution
requires states to do the
following three things
1 Full Faith and Credit
The Constitution requires
each state to recognize the
laws and legal proceedings of
all other states in civil, not
criminal, matters.
Things covered in “full faith
and credit”
Public Acts refer to civil laws
passed by state legislatures.
Records means such
documents as mortgages,
deeds, leases, wills, marriage
licenses, car registrations,
and birth certificates.
Judicial proceedings refer to
various court actions such as
judgments to pay a debt.
Judicial decisions in civil
matters in one state will be
honored and enforced in all
states.
Article IV of the Constitution
requires states to do the
following three things
2 Privileges and Immunities
Each state must treat citizens
of other states equally with its
own citizens and not
discriminate against them,
though nonresidents may not
enjoy all the rights of state
citizens.
The Founders knew that
when citizens traveled
between states, they knew
they might be discriminated
against.
The Constitution provides
that “the citizens of each state
shall be entitled to all
privileges and immunities of
citizens in the several states”
The courts have never given a
complete listing of “privileges
and immunities”
Included, however, are rights
to
The right to pass through or
live in any state
Use the courts
Make contracts
Buy, sell, and hold property
marry
On the other hand, states may
make reasonable
discrimination against nonresidents.
All states require that a
person live in a state for a
certain amount of time before
becoming a voter or public
official.
States may also require
individuals to establish
residency before they can
practice such professions as
medicine, dentistry, or law.
State colleges and
universities may, and usually
do, charge higher tuition fees
to students from other states
than they do to resident
students.
BASE TUITION
Missouri Out-of-State
Residents
On-Campus Courses
$182.43 $352.36 per credit hour
per credit
hour
TUITION & FEES*
Semester Academic Year
Missouri Resident Tuition $2,554
Out-of-State Tuition
$4,933
$5,108
$9,866
Article IV of the Constitution
requires states to do the
following three things
3 Extradition
Criminals fleeing to other
states must be returned to
their home state by
extradition
Extradition-the legal process
through which one state or
government surrenders an
accused criminal to another
government.
Extradition Clause
“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.”
When States Disagree
States use interstate
compacts, or agreements
among themselves, to settle
border or jurisdiction
agreements
States also use interstate
compacts to deal with
common problems, such as
toxic waste disposal, but these
compacts must be approved by
Congress.
Lawsuits brought by a state
against another state are tried
in the Supreme Court.