The Articles of Confederation

In the original founding our nation, each state is independent of each other. Any questions on whether or not a power belongs to a state is answered to belong to a state by default. Article IV describes the “Free Inhabitants” of each of the states. This is carried on by the Bill of Rights of our constitution.

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ARTICLE II.
Each State retains its Sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.

ARTICLE IV.
The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different states in this union, the free inhabitants of each of these states, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from Justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states, and the people of each state shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other state…

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