Amendment Eleven and It's Meaning

Amendment 11

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.

Although I am having some troubles understanding this amendment, I am getting the gist of it. The amendment revolves highly around a Supreme Court ruling in 1793 (Chisholm vs Georgia) whereas a man tried to sue Georgia because they owed him. Georgia tried to claim they didn't have to oblige and give him his money because they had sovereign immunity from this. The federal courts did not like this because it took power away from them so they ruled in favor of Chisholm because in Article three section two, it states that the supreme courts are allowed to hear certain types of cases. This was feared by the states and they soon took action to amend and overturn this which created amendment 11- therefore amendment 11 now states that citizens cannot sue states without it's consent.

I chose this video because it gives a larger explanation on the eleventh amendment with great examples. It helped me understand it quite a bit more and is just a good educational video. It sums up the fact that you can NOT sue a state for money, but you can sue them for doing something unconstitutional.

I chose this picture from https://www.haikudeck.com/amendment-11--uncategorized-presentation-Lt4FAacOaC

It is a pretty simple picture and doesn't explain much, but it does put emphasis that this amendment has a great deal to do with judicial power and the fact that they were limited by this amendment.