Same-Sex Unions in the Conflict of Laws: Laws

Same-Sex Unions
in the
Conflict of Laws

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.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (1948)

United States
Constitution

› all potentially relevant provisions
› commerce clause
› full faith and credit clause
› interstate privileges and immunities clause
› federal due process clause
› state due process clause
› equal protection clause

Full Faith and Credit Clause

United States Constitution

Art. IV

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

Citation: U.S. Const. art. IV, § 1.