Interstate relations

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Interstate relations

• Chapter 4 Section 3

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Interstate Compacts

• States cannot enter into treaties, but.
• They can make interstate compacts with the
  consent of Congress
• These are agreements between states and with
  foreign states
• Originally made to fix border disputes and keep
  peaceful relations among states
• Made to regulate shared resources
• Water
• Roads
• Help coordinate authorities between states

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Interstate Compacts

• Congress does not approve if they threaten
  federal govt authority
• Currently more than 200
• All 50 states at least have 2 that deal with
  sharing important law-enforcement data
• Sex offenders
• Arkansas River Compact (1949)
• Kansas and Colorado

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Arkansas River
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Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Article IV, Sec. 1
• Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each
  State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial
  Proceedings of every other State.
• Public Acts
• Laws
• Records
• Licenses
• Birth Certificates
• Car Registrations

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Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Judicial Proceedings
• Outcomes of civil court cases
• Clause used primarily for this
• Example Pg. 106 textbook
• Apply in civil matters, not criminal ones
• A state cannot enforce another states laws
• Williams v. North Carolina
• Pg. 106 textbook

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Privileges and Immunities Clause

• Article IV, Sec. 2, Clause 1
• The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to
  all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the
  several States.
• Cannot make unreasonable distinctions between
  residents and non-residents
• Can be citizen of any state
• Can buy, sell, rent property
• Can marry in all states
• Can use courts

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Privileges and Immunities Clause

• In-state resident hiring
• However, can make reasonable distinctions
• Running for public office
• Residence before practicing law, medicine
• In and out-of-state tuition
• Taxes
• Kansas Residents 3,937 per semester
• Nonresidents 10,340 per semester

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Extradition

• Article IV, Sec. 2, Clause 2
• A Person charged in any State with Treason,
  Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from
  Justice, and be found in another State, shall on
  Demand of the executive Authority of the State
  from which he fled, be delivered up, to be
  removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the
  Crime.
• Fugitives fleeing from justice must be returned
• Extradition process of returning fugitive

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Extradition

• Sometimes contested
• Custody disputes
• Racial or political issues
• Governors have abused this process
• Supreme Court has stepped in

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