Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution

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constitutional provision section of the United States Constitution

Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution contains key provisions on the rights and privileges of U.S. citizens, including the Privileges and Immunities Clause and rules governing extradition between states.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution	2
Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution	1
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution	1
Article IV, Section 2, Privileges and Immunities Clause	1
Article IV, Section 2, Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution	1
Section 2 of Article IV of the United States Constitution	1
U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ section of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
appliesTo	citizens of each state ⓘ U.S. states ⓘ surface form: states of the United States
articleNumber	4 ⓘ
bindingOn	all U.S. states ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1789 ⓘ
citationForm	Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2
constitutionalFunction	to limit discriminatory treatment of out-of-state citizens by states ⓘ to promote national unity among the states ⓘ
constitutionalLevel	federal ⓘ
containsClause	Extradition Clause ⓘ Fugitive Slave Clause ⓘ Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
enforcedBy	federal courts ⓘ state courts ⓘ
governs	interstate relations ⓘ
hasPart	Extradition Clause ⓘ Fugitive Slave Clause ⓘ Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
historicalNote	Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: The Fugitive Slave Clause in this section was effectively nullified by the Thirteenth Amendment
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDoctrine	Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ surface form: Privileges and Immunities of state citizenship interstate comity ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Article IV ⓘ
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose	to ensure that citizens of each state receive certain basic rights when in other states ⓘ to provide a mechanism for returning fugitives from justice between states ⓘ
regulates	interstate extradition of fugitives ⓘ rights of citizens when in other states ⓘ
relatedTo	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Full Faith and Credit Clause ⓘ Privileges and Immunities Clause ⓘ surface form: Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
sectionNumber	2 ⓘ
subjectMatter	citizenship rights ⓘ interstate extradition ⓘ treatment of out-of-state citizens ⓘ
textBeginsWith	The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → citationForm → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2

Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman → constitutionalProvision → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden → constitutionalProvision → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Hicklin v. Orbeck → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution

Paul v. Virginia → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Privileges and Immunities Clause

Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

Toomer v. Witsell → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

Extradition Clause → foundIn → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution

Fugitive Slave Clause → foundInClause → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution

Fugitive Slave Clause → foundInSection → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article IV of the United States Constitution → hasSection → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Section 2 of Article IV of the United States Constitution

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 → legalBasis → Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution