11th Amendment

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy February 7, 1795
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Federal_judiciary
State governments
gptkbp:appliesTo Federal courts
gptkbp:category Bill of Rights and Amendments
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 11th Amendment
gptkbp:limitation Judicial power of the United States
gptkbp:numberInConstitution 11
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits Federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states
gptkbp:proposedBy March 4, 1794
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:response gptkb:Chisholm_v._Georgia
gptkbp:subject Sovereign immunity
gptkbp:textBegins The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity...
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:12th_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5