Amendment Eleven

"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 Statesby Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subject of any Foreign State."

The eleventh amendment means to me that states can not be sued in court by citizens. The government cannot take away life, liberty, or property without "due process of law". A case involved with the eleventh amendment was chisum v. Georgia (1793). The Supreme Court said states could be sued by people, this protects states rights, and states can wave this right if they wanted to.

This video really explains the eleventh amendment because the lady was trying to sue the other lady for store damage in her store and she took her to federal court.  When they went to court the guy said that you can't sue her because of the eleventh amendment and if she sends someone to federal court without going through any state system, it is a law so she can't sue her to the federal court. Therefore, the case was dismissed.




This picture relates to the amendment because of what it exactly says, "the balance of power between state and federal government shifts according to circumstances."