The open question about the Defense of Marriage Act is whether it is constitutional under the full faith and credit clause.
Each state has a presumptive duty to render suspects on the request of another state, as under the full faith and credit clause.
The suspension effectively blacklisted him from boxing anywhere in the United States under the premise of the full faith and credit clause.
He said the Eighth Circuit court's enforcement of the Michigan injunction had in effect turned the full faith and credit clause on its head.
The proposed legislation raises Constitutional questions in relation to the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
The Supreme Court has had few occasions to interpret the Full Faith and Credit Clause.
The Full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution ordinarily guarantees the recognition of a marriage performed in one state by another.
Under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, with certain exceptions, a state is obligated to honor the judgments and declarations of other states.
The precedent of the Full Faith and Credit Clause, as expounded by Professor Tribe, will not prevail in this debate.
