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, the Federal courts are limited and restricted from hearing lawsuits against any state's government that are brought by citizens of another state or foreign country. An example of this would be the State of New York enacting the Eleventh Amendment to protect itself from being sued in a Federal court by people living in the state, as well as residents of other states, or a foreign country.
In simplest terms the 11th amendment says that a state can't be sued by a citizen of another state.
Here is an explanation in the form of a Picture. Do you have any comments or concerns in relation to this amendment?
Do you think states can use this to their advantage if they wanted, or believe it has already been done?
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