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Which amendment to the constitution restricted the jurisdiction of the federal courts by declaring that a private citizen from one state cannot sue the government of another state in federal court?
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∙ 9y ago
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).
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Eleventh Amendment, which was ratified in reaction to a Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia, (1793), in which the Court declared the states lacked sovereign immunity from being sued for debt incurred to US citizens during the Revolutionary War.
"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."
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoThere is no such amendment. It is allowed. You are probably confusing this with the Eleventh Amendment, which prevents a State from being sued by a citizen of a different state. Under the principle of sovereign immunity, the state would have to consent to such a suit.
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∙ 12y ago11th Amendment
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∙ 13y agoThe 11th amendment states this.
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