 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...securities. A suggestion which the following considerations prove to be without foundation. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty, not to be amenable to...therefore, there is a surrender of this immunity in the pjan of the convention, it will remain with the states, and the danger intimated must be merely ideal.... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...securities. A suggestion, which the following considerations prove to be without foundation. It is inhereut in the nature of sovereignty, not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent. Th..- is the general sense, and the general practice of mankind ; and the exemption, as one of the... | |
 | John Taylor - Constitutional law - 1823 - 332 pages
...no right to modify . • . federal legislative and executive powers ? How can it be inhe' 4 '. rent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit y < of -an individual without its consent, and that the state political rights should also be liable... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...securities : a suggestion, which the following considerations prove to be without foundation. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty, not to be amenable to...the suit of an individual without its consent. This ia the general sense, and the general practice of mankind ; and the exemption, as one of the attributes... | |
 | 1830 - 570 pages
...individual, had expressly disclaimed such an exposition. He says expressly "that it is inherent in the nuture of Sovereignty, not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent," and contends that " to ascribe to the Federal Courts, by mere implication, and in destruction of a... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1833 - 264 pages
...jurisprudence to prevent a sovereign power from suing in its own Courts. .. . public Law, it is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of a private person without its own consent. 287. The extension of the Judicial Power of the United States... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...the general sense and practice of mankind, and recognized in the law of nations, that it is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of any private person without its own consent. 1 This exemption is an attribute of sovereignty, belonging... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - United States - 1809 - 370 pages
...defendant at the suit of a citizen of another State, or a citizen of a foreign State. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to...general sense and the general practice of mankind ; and this exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - Constitutional law - 1869 - 596 pages
...defendant at the suit of a citizen of another State, or a citizen of a foreign State. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to...general sense and the general practice of mankind ; and this exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - United States - 1869 - 350 pages
...another State, or a citizen of a foreign State. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to ba amenable to the suit of an individual without its...general sense and the general practice of mankind ; and this exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every... | |
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It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual WITHOUT ITS CONSENT. This is the general sense, and the general practice of mankind; and the exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed... 
