Article IV, Section 1, Clause 1

The Federalist and Federalist essays

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  Cassius 10, ¶ 17

  says, full faith and credit shall be given in each state, to the publick acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. The benefit to be derived from such a regulation must be great, especially to those who are sometimes obliged to have recourse to law, for the settlement of their affairs.

  Cites "Section l, of article IV" (OCR "l" for "1") and reproduces the first sentence of this clause verbatim.

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  A Native of Virginia, Article IV, ¶ 1

  Full faith and credit ſhall be given in each State •o the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every •ther State.

  The paragraph prints Article IV, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.

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  Federalist No. 42, ¶ 12

  …counterfeiting the current coin and secureties of the United States; to fix the standard of weights and measures; to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws of bankruptcy, to prescribe the manner in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State shall be proved, and the effect they shall have in other States; and to establish post offices and post roads.

  Reproduces the wording of this clause, with small changes, in its list of the third class of powers.

• cited bySuggested
  Federalist No. 42, ¶ 21

  The power of prescribing by general laws, the manner in which the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of each State shall be proved, and the effect they shall have in other States, is an evident and valuable improvement on the clause relating to this subject in the articles of Confederation.

  Names the power of prescribing "by general laws" how the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of each State "shall be proved," echoing this clause's words.

Other writings

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  Virginia convention, June 23, 1788, ¶ 30

  Chairman: the latter part of this clause, sir, I confess I do not understand—Full faith and credit shall be given to all acts; and how far it may be proper that Congress shall declare the effects, 1 cannot clearly see into.

  Mr. Mason speaks of "the latter part of this clause" and says "Full faith and credit shall be given to all acts"; the preceding record says the first section of the fourth article was read.

Debates in Congress

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  Senate, April 8, 1864, ¶ 186

  Inarticlefourof the Constitution we have section one as follows: Full faith and creditshall be given in each State to the public acts, records, ami judicial proceedings of every •State, and the Congiesss"—

  The paragraph quotes "article four of the Constitution ... section one": "Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings" ("creditshall" and "ami" are OCR misreadings).

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  Senate, April 8, 1864, ¶ 188

  laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved and the effect tlicieof."

  The paragraph continues the quotation of Article IV, Section 1: "and the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved and the effect thereof".

The Supreme Court

Cases whose essays in the Constitution Annotated cite them under this clause, oldest first. Each link names the pages it comes from.

• interpreted bySuggested
  Alaska Packers Ass’n v. Industrial Accident Comm’n (1935)294 U.S. 532, decided March 11, 1935

  The Constitution Annotated's essays on this provision cite the case on 4 pages.

  Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays ArtIV.S1.4.1, ArtIV.S1.4.2, ArtIV.S1.5, ArtIV.S1.5.1, pp. 1196, 1197, 1198, 1200.

• interpreted bySuggested
  Crider v. Zurich Insurance Co. (1965)380 U.S. 39, decided March 1, 1965

  The Constitution Annotated's essays on this provision cite the case on 4 pages.

  Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays ArtIV.S1.4, ArtIV.S1.4.1, ArtIV.S1.4.2, pp. 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198.

On Article IV as a whole

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  New York convention, July 7, 1788, ¶ 1

On Article IV, Section 1 as a whole

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  North Carolina convention, July 29, 1788, ¶ 37