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Understanding the Roles of States in the U.S. Legal System

Article IV outlines essential principles governing the relationship between states in the United States. It mandates that states must honor each other’s laws, ensuring legal consistency, such as recognition of marriages and criminal convictions across state lines. It also details the rights of citizens, including protection against illegal exile and privileges granted universally among states. The article discusses the admission of new states and emphasizes the guarantee of a Republican government and protection from invasion and domestic violence, ensuring stability and cooperation among states.

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Understanding the Roles of States in the U.S. Legal System

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  1. Article IV JayClaraBaileyConnor Cheyenne

  2. Section I-Each State to Honor All Others • Mandates that all states will honor the laws of all other states; this ensures, for example, that a couple married in Florida is also considered married by Arizona, or that someone convicted of a crime in Virginia is considered guilty by Wyoming.

  3. Section II- State Citizens, Extradition • Citizens of every State is entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in all of the states. • Anyone who is charged in any State with treason, felony, or any other crime, who flees from justice, and is found in another state, will on demand of the executive authority of the state from where he fled, can be taken back to the state where the crime was committed.

  4. Section III-New States • Section 3 states that Congress may allow more states to join the U.S. • No new states can be formed within another state. • States cannot be formed by combining states or parts of states. • However, all of the above can be overruled if the Legislatures of the states involved and Congress agree to it. • The Congress has the final say over every territory in the U.S.

  5. Section IV- Republican Government • Section four states that the Unites 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 against domestic violence.

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