We'll conclude this week's 2301 lecture with a discussion of state sovereign immunity, a controversial topic which holds that states are sovereign entities and are immune from being sued unless they agree to it. This includes the national government allowing citizens from a state suing that state in a national court -- which is the way laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are enforced.
Here are useful links:
- Wikipedia: Sovereign Immunity in the United States.
- US Supreme Court Center: State Sovereign Immunity.
- Wikipedia: The Eleventh Amendment.
- State Sovereign Immunity and Protection of Intellectual Property.
- Oyez: Alden v. Maine.
