State+Obligations

Provide the answer as addressed by the Constitution. If possible, include the Article and section of the Constitution where the information can be found.

1) Does South Carolina have to honor and respect a California court's decision? What is this called?

South Carolina has to honor and respect a California court's decision due to Article IV, section 1, interstate relations, because it states that "full faith and credit" shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.

2) Can Colorado discriminate against someone from Oregon? Why? What is this called?

Colorado cannot discriminate against someone from Oregon because it is stated that the citizens of each state are entitled to all "privileges and immunities" of citizens in other states. Thus, non-residents have the same rights and do not carry different burdens. This is called the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV.

3) Who determines who becomes a state? Could Northern California become its own state? What would need to happen for this to occur?

Congress determines who becomes a state. Northern California cannot become its own state because no new state can be formed within the jurisdiction of any other state and a state cannot be formed by the junction of two or more states or parts of states. In order for Northern California to become a state it needs the consent of Congress and the legislatures of the states concerned.

4) What are the three guarantees to the states by the national government?

The three guarantees to the states by the national government are a Republican form of government, protection against invasion, and on application of legislature, or of the executive against domestic violence. Also according to Amendment X, the powers that are not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States.

5) Article IV: sec 2 outlines "extradition" between states. Explain how this works.

"Extradition" is the law that citizens of each state will be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in other states. If a person is charged in any state with treason, felony, or any other crime, and he or she flees from justice and is found in another state, they are to be deported back to the state they came from (having jurisdiction of the crime).