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The 11th amendment.

AMENDMENT XI

Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795.

Note: Article III, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by amendment 11.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

in other words:

Simplified United States Constitution and Bill of Rights

11. Forbids the citizens of another state or of

a foreign country from suing a state in the U.S.

courts (1798).

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