Assignment #4
Article IV
Section. 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.
No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.
Well what this part of the constitution is trying to say is that any person or persons who are charged with a crime in one state must be dealt with by the laws of the state they commit the crime in. So if a person shoots and kills someone in New York, they must be charged in New York for that crime. If they flee the state they commited the crime in and try to seek shelter in another state, it is the responsiblity of the law enforcement of the state he now resides to obtain him and return him to the state in which he commited his crimes. So that he can be tried for the crimes he commited. This same law also applies to a person who holds a job that is state required or mandated. He can not flee that state and go to another in order to be free of the job. He must be brought back to the state which he is employed. This would be toward military jobs or anything of that nature. Also this part of the constitution states all United States citizens are entitled to the benefits that every state offers. So this means that all of the same laws apply to you no matter what state you go to.
I picked this part of the constitution because I think that it is very important for people of the US to realize that just because the laws of each state may differ they still apply to you. As long as you are in a state whate ever laws of the state you are in apply to you. So if you are in a state that has abortion legal then you can get an abortion, but if you decide to move to a state that outlaws it and you try it you are breaking the law. Since you are a US citizen the laws of what ever state you are in apply to you, it is basically relative to what ever state you are. Also, I chose this because I like that it makes very clear that you can not run from your crimes. If you commit a crime in a state you will face justice. By running to another state nothing is gained because you will be sought after by the law enforcement of the new state you inhabit and brought back to the state you commited the crimes in. So its the laws way of saying do not think you can run from your crimes.
Hi Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteThat statement you can run but you can't hide applies here. I watch a lot of Law & Order: SVU, so when I hear the phrase "he needs to be extradited back to ny to face charges," from checking out the constitution, I now know it is because of Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1.
Also in the first half of the clause where it states, "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States," this is something I was not aware of. I mean it actually makes sense though. Why should a person be denied privileges and immunities just because he is from another state? Only time this does not work is from those people who commit crimes.