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National Archives Transcript of Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution

Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution

Article IV, Section 4

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.

Source: www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript#4-4

National Archives Transcript of Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, Constitutional Obligation That Every State Will Be Protected Against Domestic Violence and Invasion,