Guarantee Clause

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
all U.S. states
gptkbp:enforcedBy not generally enforceable by courts
primarily by Congress
gptkbp:historicalName drafted in 1787 Constitutional Convention
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Guarantee Clause
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Article_IV,_Section_4,_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:protectedBy domestic violence
invasion
gptkbp:purpose to ensure republican government in the states
gptkbp:relatedConcept federalism
republican form of government
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Luther_v._Borden_(1849)
gptkb:Pacific_States_Telephone_&_Telegraph_Co._v._Oregon_(1912)
gptkbp:sometimesCalled gptkb:Republican_Guarantee_Clause
gptkbp:text The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.
gptkbp:triggeredBy application of state legislature or executive
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Article_4_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5