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The Full Faith and Credit Clause has been applied to orders of protection, for which the clause was invoked by the Violence Against Women Act, and child support, for which the enforcement of the clause was spelled out in the Federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (28 U.S.C. § 1738B).
The Full Faith and Credit Clause requires states to extend "full faith and credit" to the public acts, records, and court proceedings of other states. The Supreme Court has held that this clause prevents states from reopening cases that have been conclusively decided by the courts of another state.
Extradition Clause: IV: 2: 2 Faithful Execution Clause: II: 3: 5 Foreign Commerce Clause [citation needed] I: 8: 3 Fugitive Slave Clause: IV: 2: 3 Full Faith and Credit Clause: IV: 1: General Welfare Clause: I: 8: 1 Guarantee Clause: IV: 4: Impeachment Clause [citation needed] II: 4: Impeachment Clause (Power to Impeach) [citation needed] I: 2: ...
This ruling prompted concern among opponents of same-sex marriage, who feared that same-sex marriage might become legal in Hawaii and that other states would recognize or be compelled to recognize those marriages under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
Between two different States in the United States, enforcement is generally required under the Full Faith and Credit Clause (Article IV, Section 1) of the U.S. Constitution, which compels a State to give effect to another State's judgment as if it were local. This usually requires some sort of an abbreviated application on notice, or docketing.
FDIC insurance is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and guarantees bank consumers that their money is safe for up to a limit of $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured ...
[21] Article Four as a whole—which includes the Privileges and Immunities Clause, the Extradition Clause, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause—has been described as the "interstate comity" article of the Constitution. [22] In the case of Bank of Agusta v Earl, the court adopted Justice Joseph Story's doctrine of comity. [23]
By the doctrine of 'Res judicata', federal courts give "full faith and credit" to State Courts. [f] The Supreme Court will decide Constitutional issues of state law only on a case-by-case basis, and only by strict Constitutional necessity, independent of state legislators' motives, their policy outcomes or its national wisdom. [g]