“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”
(the eleventh amendment (amendment XI) to the united states constitution, which was passed by congress on 4 march 1794, and ratified by the states on 7 february 1795, deals with each state’s sovereign immunity and was adopted to overrule the U.S. supreme court’s decision in Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793))