Constitutional law on traveling

Is the right to travel a constitutional right?

1861 Dunn v Blumstein, 405 U S 330, 334 (1972)

Inasmuch as the right to travel is implicated by state distinctions between residents and nonresidents, the relevant constitutional provision is the privileges and immunities clause, Article IV, § 2, cl

What is the right to interstate travel?

The right precedes the creation of the United States and appears in the Articles of Confederation

The U S

Constitution and Supreme Court recognize and protect the right to interstate travel

The travel right entails privacy and free domestic movement without governmental abridgement

American federal law

The International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders is a federal law that requires, among other things, a visual unique identifier to be placed on the passports of registrants convicted of sex offenses involving a minor.
The law also requires covered offenders to notify law enforcement 21 days before traveling abroad.
Critics have claimed violation of constitutional rights and note that the law would also cover those who were convicted as minors.

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