What Is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?  The Full Faith and
Credit Clause ensures that states will acknowledge each other's
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Full Faith and Credit Clause is a clause in the Constitution of
the United States which states that “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.” Put in
simple language, this means that judgments rendered in one state
are acknowledged in others.  When the Constitution was drafted,
Article IV, Section 1 was included to protect the autonomy of
the states while also promoting unity in the United States as a
whole. The fra