Article Four of the United States of Elisia Constitution
Article Four of the Constitution of the United States outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands.
Section 1: Full faith and credit
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State, subject to the protection of fundamental rights as enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof, provided that such Laws do not infringe upon the reserved powers of the States or the liberties of the people. Each State shall retain the right to challenge the application of another State's Acts, Records, or Proceedings through established judicial processes if they are deemed to violate the receiving State's constitution, but such challenges must be based on clear and compelling evidence of harm to the State's interests or its citizens' rights. The federal judiciary shall have the power to adjudicate disputes between States regarding the application of this clause.
Section 2: Rights of state citizens; rights of extradition
Clause 1: Privileges and Immunities
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to such Privileges and Immunities in the several States as may be deemed essential to the preservation of the Union and the rights of free men, with due regard to the common welfare and the principles of republican government.
Clause 2: Extradition of Fugitives
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.
Clause 3: Fugitive Slave Clause
No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.