University of Montana Law Professor Rob Natelson (who is also a Senior Fellow at the Independence Institute) and I discuss the original meanings of the “privileges and immunities” clause in this 46 minute podcast. Natelson is the author of a recent article in the Georgia Law Review on the topic.
Please note that we are talking about the provision in Article IV of the Constitution’s main text: “The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.” We are not talking about the Privileges OR Immunities clause of the 14th Amendment: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”