Article IV of the United States Constitution

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article of the United States Constitution

Article IV of the United States Constitution outlines the relationships among the states and between the states and the federal government, including provisions on full faith and credit, privileges and immunities, admission of new states, and federal authority over territories.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of the United States Constitution →
adoptedOn	September 17, 1787 →
appliesTo	all states admitted to the United States →
authorizes	Congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States → Congress to prescribe the manner in which acts, records, and proceedings are proved and their effect →
citedAs	Article IV of the United States Constitution → surface form: "Art. IV U.S. Const."
constitutionalArea	federalism in the United States → guarantee of republican government → interstate relations → territorial governance →
draftedBy	Constitutional Convention → surface form: "Constitutional Convention of 1787"
effectiveOn	June 21, 1788 →
empowers	Congress to admit new states into the Union →
FugitiveSlaveClauseStatus	rendered inoperative by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
governs	relations among the states of the United States → relations between the states and the federal government of the United States →
grantsPowerOver	territory or other property belonging to the United States →
guarantees	privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states → to every state in the Union a republican form of government →
hasClause	Admissions Clause → Extradition Clause → Fugitive Slave Clause → Full Faith and Credit Clause → Guarantee Clause → Privileges and Immunities Clause → Property Clause → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → surface form: "Territorial Clause"
hasSection	Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → surface form: "Section 1 of Article IV of the United States Constitution" Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → surface form: "Section 2 of Article IV of the United States Constitution" Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → surface form: "Section 3 of Article IV of the United States Constitution" Section 4 of Article IV of the United States Constitution →
limits	claims of individual states to federal public lands →
locationInDocument	main body of the United States Constitution before the amendments →
obligates	the United States to protect each state against domestic violence on application of the legislature or of the executive → the United States to protect each state against invasion →
originallyContained	Fugitive Slave Clause →
partOf	United States Constitution →
prohibits	states from discriminating against citizens of other states with respect to fundamental rights →
requires	each state to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state → persons charged with a crime who flee to another state to be delivered up on demand of the executive authority of the state from which they fled →
restricts	formation of new states by the junction of two or more states or parts of states without consent of the legislatures concerned and of Congress → formation of new states within the jurisdiction of another state without consent of the legislatures concerned and of Congress →
subjectOf	Admissions Clause → Extradition Clause → Fugitive Slave Clause → Full Faith and Credit Clause → Guarantee Clause → Privileges and Immunities Clause → Property Clause → Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → surface form: "Territorial Clause"

Referenced by (20)

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

U.S. states → areRecognizedBy → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Admissions Clause → citedAs → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

this entity surface form: "U.S. Const. art. IV, § 3, cl. 1"

Article IV of the United States Constitution → citedAs → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

this entity surface form: "Art. IV U.S. Const."

United States territorial courts → constitutionalBasis → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → constitutionalLocation → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

this entity surface form: "Article IV dealing with states and territories"

Dred Scott v. Sandford → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

The Federalist No. 43 → discusses → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands → establishedUnder → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Extradition Clause → foundIn → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Guarantee Clause → foundIn → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Fugitive Slave Clause → foundInDocument → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

United States federal judges → legalBasis → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Admissions Clause → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Guarantee of Republican Government → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

New States and Federal Property → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Property Clause → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article IV of the United States Constitution →

New States and Federal Property → relatedTo → Article IV of the United States Constitution →