- Full faith and credit: States must recognize and enforce the laws, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
- Privileges and immunities: Citizens of each state are entitled to the same privileges and immunities in all other states as their own citizens.
- Extradition: States must return fugitives from justice to the state where they are charged with a crime.
- New states: Congress can admit new states into the Union.
- Guarantees to the states: The Constitution guarantees that each state will have a republican form of government, and that it will be protected against invasion and domestic violence.