American Government / Unit 2 Gov 069 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Full Faith and Credit
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The idea
The full faith and credit clause, in Article IV, requires each state to honor the public acts, records, and judicial rulings of other states.
In practice
A driver's license or court judgment from one state stands in the other forty-nine.
Where people slip
The Constitution structures state-to-state relations, not only national-state relations.
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