Privileges and Immunities Clause

Reasonable Doubt

A provision found in article iv of the u.s. constitution that prohibits states from discriminating against those who are not state citizens or from favoring its own citizens over citizens of other states. the privileges and immunities clause has been interpreted to create a right to travel, in that it allows citizens of one state to go to another state and enjoy the same privileges and immunities as that state’s citizens.

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