Full Faith and Credit Clause

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Full Faith and Credit Clause has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Proven Podcast (Aug 2025).

Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, the Full Faith and Credit Clause, addresses the duty that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state". According to the Supreme Court, there is a difference between the credit owed to laws as compared to the credit owed to judgments. Judges and lawyers agree on the meaning of the clause with respect to the recognition of judgments rendered by one state in the cou