Article Four Of The United States Constitution
Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the duties states have to each other, as well as those the federal government has to the states. Article Four also provides for the admission of new states and the changing of state boundaries. Additionally, it originally contained a fugitive slave law provision.
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