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  2. Article Four of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Guarantee Clause mandates that the United States guarantee that all states have a "republican form of government," though it does not define this term. Article Four also requires the United States to protect each state from invasion, and, at the request of a state, from "domestic violence."

  3. Guarantee Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Guarantee Clause, also known as the Republican Form of Government Clause, is in Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution. It requires the United States to guarantee every state a republican form of government and provide protection from invasion and domestic violence.

  4. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...

  5. Fugitive Slave Clause - Wikipedia

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    It contained a much more rigid form of the Fugitive Slave Clause. In 1864, during the Civil War , an effort to repeal this clause of the Constitution failed. [ 16 ] The subsequent passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery "except as a punishment for crime," rendering the clause mostly moot.

  6. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Reading of the United States Constitution of 1787. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.

  7. Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 - Wikipedia

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    The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was an Act of the United States Congress to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3), which was later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment, and to also give effect to the Extradition Clause (Article 4, Section 2, Clause 2). [1] The Constitution's ...

  8. Fugitive slave laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. The idea of the fugitive slave law was derived from the Fugitive Slave Clause which is in the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section 2

  9. Privileges and Immunities Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Privileges and Immunities Clause (U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1, also known as the Comity Clause) prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner. Additionally, a right of interstate travel is associated with the clause.