    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
    [104th Congress]
    [House Document 103-342]
    [The United States Constitution]
    [Page 87]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                               AMENDMENT XI.a

    Sec. 218. Extent of the judicial power

      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.

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      a The 11th amendment to the Constitution of the United States was
    proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Third Congress
    on March 11, 1794; and was declared in a message from the President to
    Congress dated the 8th of January, 1798, to have been ratified by the
    legislatures of three-fourths of the States. The dates of ratification
    were: New York, March 27, 1794; Rhode Island, March 31, 1794;
    Connecticut, May 8, 1794; New Hampshire, June 16, 1794; Massachusetts,
    June 26, 1794; Vermont, October 28, 1794; Virginia, November 18, 1794;
    Georgia, November 29, 1794; Kentucky, December 7, 1794; Maryland,
    December 26, 1794; Delaware, January 23, 1795; and North Carolina,
    February 7, 1795. Ratification was completed on February 7, 1795. The
    amendment was subsequently ratified by South Carolina on December 4,
    1797. New Jersey and Pennsylvania did not take action on the amendment.