1. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CH. 4-3 INTERSTATE RELATIONS

2. INTERSTATE COMPACTS No state can enter into a treaty, alliance, or confederation With Congressional approval, states can enter into INTERSTATE COMPACTS—agreement among themselves and with foreign states By 1920—only 26 compacts made Since then—more than 200 All 50 states part of 2 compacts The Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers & The Compact on Juveniles Others—conservation, fighting forest fires, etc.

3. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT Full Faith and Credit Clause—Article IV, Section 1 Example—Joe Smith assessed damages from a lawsuit in Iowa. He moves to Missouri to avoid paying but Missouri can enforce the court order. Your Iowa birth certificate would be valid in all other states EXCEPTIONS 1) Applies only to civil, not criminal matters 2) Full faith and credit need not be given to certain divorces granted by one state to residents of another state

4. WILLIAMS v. NORTH CAROLINA Man and women traveled to NV, where each wanted to obtain a divorce so they could marry each other The couple received their divorces, married, and soon returned to NC. NC refused to recognize NV divorces NC tried the couple and convicted them of bigamous cohabitation (being married while still legally married) Supreme Court upheld the conviction

5. EXTRADITION Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 Extradition—the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State can be returned to that State. Designed to prevent a person from escaping justice by fleeing a State Until 1980s, governors could refuse to return a fugitive Puerto Rico v. Branstad (1987)—Supreme Court ruled that the federal courts can order an unwilling governor to extradite a fugitive (p. 107)

6. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other states. Each state must recognize the right of citizens to travel in or become a resident of another state States must allow anyone to use its courts, make contracts, buy, own, rent property, or marry THE END