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The Eleventh Amendment (Amendment XI) is an amendment to the United States Constitution which was passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by the states on February 7, 1795. The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of individuals to bring suit against states of which they are not citizens in federal court .
The Eleventh Amendment’s text prohibits the federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states. The Amendment has also been interpreted to mean that state courts do not have to hear certain suits against the state, if those suits are based on federal law.
The truth is simpler: the Eleventh Amendment means what it says. It strips the federal government of judicial power over suits against states, in law or equity, brought by diverse plaintiffs. It denies subject-matter jurisdiction in allsuch cases, to federal claims as well as state ones, and in onlysuch cases. It can’t be waived.
The Eleventh Amendment was ratified in 1798 to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793), in which the Court was asked to decide whether a citizen of South Carolina was permitted to sue the State of Georgia for payment of debts owed on Revolutionary War bonds.
8 maj 2024 · The Eleventh Amendment was a response to the Supreme Court's decision in Chisholm v. Georgia in 1793. The Court ruled that states were not protected by sovereign immunity in lawsuits brought by citizens of other states.
Eleventh Amendment, amendment (1795) to the Constitution of the United States establishing the principle of state sovereign immunity. Under the authority of this amendment, the states are shielded from suits brought by citizens of other states or foreign countries.
5 lis 2024 · Georgia (1793) was the 11th Amendment. With the knowledge that the Constitution not only did not protect state sovereign immunity – but actually nullified it – the country quickly ratified this first post-Bill of Rights addition to the Constitution.
