[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.