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Interstate Relations

State Legislative Activity to Enact the Compact. Interstate Relations . Chapter 4 Section 3. The Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (the Compact), an agreement among the Great Lakes States that will be passed into law through an interstate compact. .

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Interstate Relations

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  1. State Legislative Activity to Enact the Compact Interstate Relations Chapter 4 Section 3 The Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (the Compact), an agreement among the Great Lakes States that will be passed into law through an interstate compact.

  2. States may not enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation Can enter into interstate compacts, agreements among themselves and other states Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Interstate Compacts

  3. Interstate Compacts • In the first 140+ years of the United States only 26 compacts were made • Starting in 1921 large increase • Currently more than 200 compacts in force New York and New Jersey Port (1921)

  4. Interstate Compacts • All 50 states have agreed to two of them • Compact for Supervision of Parolees and Probationers and the Compact on Juveniles. • Both for sharing law enforcement data

  5. Full Faith and Credit • Article IV, Section 1 • States must respect each others public acts (laws) , records (documents) , and judicial proceedings (court decisions)

  6. Full Faith and Credit Exceptions • Only applies to civil matters….NOT Criminal • States cannot enforce other states criminal laws • Does not always apply to divorces granted in one state to residents of another state

  7. “quickie “ divorce case Supreme Court in 1945 decided that states did not need to recognize divorces if they were not granted in the state of residence of the individual Legal complications in the future Williams v. North Carolina

  8. Extradition • Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 • It is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state. • Governors use to have a say in extradition, then Puerto Rico v. Branstad (1987) changed that.

  9. Privileges and Immunities • Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 • States cannot draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other states

  10. Privileges and Immunities • Full use of courts, make contracts; buy, own, rent, or sell property, and marry within its borders.

  11. Privileges and Immunities • Can draw reasonable distinctions • Require specific amount of time before can vote or hold public office • Also before licenses granted for law, medicine, or dentistry • Higher out-of-state tuition

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