If a state other than the one in which you live should sue you where could the case be tried?  How can the United States be a party to a suit?

Have you knowledge of any case in which one state sued another?  If a merchant in your town should buy goods from a wholesale house in Chicago or New York, and should fail or refuse to pay for them, how could the house get its pay?  What laws would apply to the case?  What principle seems to be involved in these answers?

How many acts of congress have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

Can a citizen of Wyoming bring a suit in a United States court?  If you lived in Montana, how could you recover money owed you in Minnesota?  Can a United States official be sued for acts performed in the discharge of his duties?

What famous case of treason was tried in 1807?  Was Jefferson Davis ever tried for treason?

If the property of a traitor is taken by the government, must it be restored to his heirs at his death?  Can you commit treason against this state?  What do you know about the John Brown case?

Compare III. 2, 3, with amendments 5 and 6, and state the rights of a person accused of crime, which are guaranteed by the constitution.

Debate.

Resolved, That all judicial officers should be appointed.

Tabular View.

Prepare a tabular view comparing the three departments of the United
States government.

CHAPTER XXV.

ARTICLE IV.—­THE RELATIONS OF THE STATES.

SECTION I.—­STATE RECORDS.

Full faith and credit[1] shall be given in each state to the public acts,[2] records,[3] and judicial proceedings[4]of every other state.  And the congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved,[5] and the effect thereof.

[1] That is, such faith and credit as would be given to such acts, etc., in the state in which they originated.

[2] That is, the legislative acts,—­the statutes and the constitutions.

[3] Such as the registration of deeds, wills, marriages, journals of the legislature, etc.

[4] The proceedings, judgments, orders, etc., of the courts.

[5] The records of a court are “proved” (that is, shown to be authentic) by the attestation of the clerk, with the seal of the court affixed, and the certificate of the judge.  The acts of the legislature are authenticated by the state seal.

SECTION II.—­RELATIONS TO INHABITANTS OF OTHER STATES.

Clause 1.—­Citizens.

The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.