United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/3rd Congress/1st Session/Resolution 8

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772439United States Statutes at Large, Volume 1 — Public Acts of the Third Congress, 1st Session, Resolution No. 8United States Congress


​June 9, 1794


Amendment of the Constitution to prevent suits against states.Ⅷ. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as an amendment to the constitution of the United States; which when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures shall be valid as part of the said constitution, viz:

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.


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