Eleventh Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1795, that prohibited an individual from suing a state government in the federal courts.

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Example Sentences

But the judge said the Eleventh Amendment “prohibits a federal court from awarding declaratory or injunctive relief of the kind at issue against a state official based only on a violation of state law.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2023

He added: “But the Eleventh Amendment prohibits a federal court from awarding declaratory or injunctive relief of the kind at issue against a state official based only on a violation of state law.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

The Eleventh Amendment declared that a citizen could not maintain a suit against a State.

From Government and Administration of the United States by Willoughby, Westel W.

Came the Eleventh Amendment, too, Providing that—but why tell you?

From Something Else Again by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

On the 5th of March of that year the Eleventh Amendment was passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, and declared in force January 8, 1798.

From Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader by Hülshof, John L.