Author Question: Article IV of the U.S. Constitution includes the privileges and immunities clause. What does this ... (Read 86 times)

c0205847 · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Article IV of the U.S. Constitution includes the privileges and immunities clause. What does this section guarantee to American citizens?

a. The citizens of one state are immune to the civil laws of another state.
b. Citizens have privileges and not rights, which means that they are not immune to losing the privileges.
c. Every citizen has the right to travel through other states, reside in any state, and participate in business in any state.
d. Citizens are bound by the privileges in the state constitution, not the national constitution (U.S. Constitution).
e. Citizens are bound by the privileges in the national constitution (U.S. Constitution), not the constitutions of the states.

Question 2

In one state, the civil court settles a dispute concerning assets in the estate of a deceased person. The one who loses the case in civil court cannot go into another state and have that states civil court revisit the case. This is an example of

a. the power of Congress to intervene and settle disputes between states.
b. the difference between the criminal and civil court systems.
c. the inability of the federal government to properly intervene in civil disagreements between states.
d. the practical application of the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution.
e. a breakdown in the civil court system in this nation.