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2 unusual facts about Eleventh Amendment


Eleventh Amendment

Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, which clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals and limits the ability of citizens to sue states

Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which permits the state to ratify the Maastricht Treaty


Abrogation doctrine

However, the Congress can authorize lawsuits seeking monetary damages against individual U.S. states when it acts pursuant to powers delegated to it by amendments subsequent to the Eleventh Amendment.


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Abrogation doctrine

This is most frequently done pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which explicitly allows the Congress to enforce its guarantees on the states and thus overrides states' Eleventh Amendment immunity.

Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

The Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa renamed the Northern Province to Limpopo, altered the procedure for intervention by the national government in a failing provincial government and intervention by a provincial government in a failing municipality, and expanded the powers of the provincial executive when it intervenes in a municipality.