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If there is one thing that the people are entitled to expect from their lawmakers, it is rules of law that will enable individuals to tell whether they are married and, if so, to whom.

Justice Robert H. Jackson
u.s. supreme court

 

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United States Constitution

 

Art. I

     Section 8. [Commerce Clause] The Congress shall have Power … To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes ….

     [Necessary and Proper Clause] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Art. IV

     Section 1. [Full Faith and Credit Clause] Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. Anda the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

    Section 2. [Interstate Privileges and Immunities Clause] The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

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Amend. V

     [Federal Due Process Clause] No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ….

Amend. XIV

     Section 1. [Citizenship Clause] All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. [National Privileges and Immunities Clause] No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; [State Due Process Clause] nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; [Equal Protection Clause] nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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     Section 5. [Enforcement Clause] The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.