Extradition Clause

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clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

The Extradition Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that requires states to return individuals charged with crimes who flee from one state to another.

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Surface form Occurrences
Interstate Rendition Clause 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Extradition Clause ⓘ
surface form: Interstate Rendition Clause
appliesTo U.S. states ⓘ
territories of the United States ⓘ
appliesWhen a person is charged with felony ⓘ
a person is charged with other crime ⓘ
a person is charged with treason ⓘ
benefits demanding state ⓘ
bindingOn all U.S. states admitted to the Union ⓘ
category United States constitutional criminal procedure ⓘ
United States federalism doctrine ⓘ
condition person must be found in another state ⓘ
person must flee from one state to another ⓘ
currentInterpretation extradition duty is judicially enforceable ⓘ
distinguishedFrom international extradition treaties ⓘ
enforcedAgainst governors who refuse lawful extradition demands ⓘ
enforcedBy federal courts ⓘ
foundIn Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
governs interstate rendition of fugitives ⓘ
historicalInterpretation extradition duty once considered non-enforceable by federal courts ⓘ
implementedBy 18 U.S.C. § 3182 ⓘ
federal extradition statute ⓘ
influencedBy Articles of Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Articles of Confederation extradition provisions
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Supreme Court
interpretedInCase Kentucky v. Dennison ⓘ
Puerto Rico v. Branstad ⓘ
jurisdiction applies within the United States federal system ⓘ
legalEffect creates mandatory duty to extradite fugitives ⓘ
limits states may not refuse extradition for policy disagreements ⓘ
obligates asylum state to deliver fugitive ⓘ
executive authority of asylum state ⓘ
originatedIn Constitutional Convention ⓘ
surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
purpose prevent states from becoming safe havens for fugitives ⓘ
promote interstate cooperation in criminal law enforcement ⓘ
support national unity in criminal justice ⓘ
relatedTo Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ
Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
requires charging documents such as indictment or affidavit ⓘ
extradition of individuals charged with crimes ⓘ
formal demand by executive authority of demanding state ⓘ
return of fugitives from justice ⓘ
scope applies to persons charged with crimes, not only convicted persons ⓘ
textBegins "A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime" ⓘ
textIncludes "be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime" ⓘ
"shall on demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled" ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Extradition Clause → alsoKnownAs → Extradition Clause ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interstate Rendition Clause
Article IV → containsClause → Extradition Clause ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution