Chapter 13: Coordinating the States

Legislative conflicts

________ are resolved by appealing to the constitutionally defined powers of Congress.

fundamental task of any constitution

The ________ is to prescribe how government should be "constituted ..

Article IV

________, Section 1, of the Constitution: Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.

Congress

If ________ has authority to legislate in a particular area, then its authority prevails over the wishes of the states to the contrary.

Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution

Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State

full faith and credit

The implication of this “___________” clause is that judgments secure in one state are automatically enforceable in all states.

mobile society

From the time of its founding, the United States has been a self-consciously _______________, with people and goods moving freely among the states.

federal state

In a _____________, like the United States, the additional burden of the constitution is to provide for sets of complicated relationships