the right to travel is buttressed by the privileges and immunities clause in the
articles of the constitution, not the 14th amendment.
United States v. Wheeler 1920
Originally Posted by Chief Justice White, supreme court decision, United States v wheeler, 1920
In all the States from the beginning down to the adoption of the Articles of Confederation the citizens thereof possessed the fundamental right, inherent in citizens of all free governments, peacefully to dwell within the limits of their respective States, to move at will from place to place therein, and to have free ingress thereto and egress therefrom, with a consequent authority in the States to forbid and punish violations of this fundamental right.