The Coronavirus

[David Horn]

(04-23-2020, 10:30 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(04-23-2020, 09:24 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Eleventh Amendment... compels American states to rely upon the federal government for lawsuits against sovereign states.

Quote: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.

This one seems to be written in lawyer speak, and I can't claim to understand it fully.  However, I don't quite see how it forbids a state from bringing suit on a foreign state?

Yeah,  It's similar to the difference between "you can't not do this" and "you must do this".  There seems to be a bit of wiggle room in the first version that's not there in the second.