Chapter 4, Section 3 Questions

Read pp. 105-108 and answer the following questions in the space below

Interstate Compacts

  1. No state may do what?
  1. So what, then, is an interstate compact?
  1. Read over the many examples the book gives of Interstate Compacts. Choose 3 that you think really exemplify what an interstate compact is AND why they matter.

Full Faith and Credit Clause

  1. Here’s this FFCC:

“Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.”

Let’s pick it apart:

  1. What is meant by “public acts”?
  1. What is meant by “records”?
  1. What is meant by “judicial proceedings”?
  1. Explain how the “Allen and Bill” case illustrates the FFCC.
  1. What are the two exceptions to the FFCC?
  1. The book gives an extended example with the case of Williams v. North Carolina. Complete the following graphic organizer on the case:

Background (what background details/story are provided?)
Issue (what’s the central issue in the case? PUT THIS IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION)
Decision (what did the Supreme Court decide?)
Significance (how does the Court’s ruling tie into the larger point?)

Extradition

Read over the extradition clause…

  1. Define extradition.
  1. Complete the thought—“usually extradition cases…”
  1. But when does extradition become controversial?
  1. How did the Supreme Court interpret the Extradition Clause in the case of Kentucky v. Dennision?
  1. How did the Supreme Court change its mind in the case of Puerto Rico v. Branstad?

Privileges and Immunities

Read over the Privileges and Immunities clause…

  1. What does it mean?
  1. The book goes on to give several example of what this means—choose three and discuss them.
  1. Look over the cases of Hicklin v. Orbeck and Saenz v. Roe—how do they fit into this topic?
  1. All that said, however, states can draw REASONABLE distinctions between a resident and nonresident. List three examples of “reasonable” distinctions that states have made.