 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1817 - 570 pages
...of those securities. A suggestion which the following considerations prove to be without foundation. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty, not 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
...those securities : a suggestion, which the following considerations prove to be without foundation. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty, not 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 - 584 pages
...might be sued by an individual, bad expressly disclaimed such an exposition. He says expressly "that it is inherent in the nature of Sovereignty, not to...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... | |
 | 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
...United States without the consent of Congress ; and according to an established maxim of 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... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...to individuals to bring suit against the United States, nor have they or the states any such power. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to any private person. 1 The same exemption extends to every state in the Union. 2 What remedy, then,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Constitutional law - 1834 - 284 pages
...to individuals to bring suit against the United States, nor have they or the states any such power. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to any private person. 1 The same exemption extends to every state in the Union. 2 What remedy, then,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...to individuals to bring suit against the United States, nor have they or the states any such power. It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to any private person. 1 The same exemption extends to every state in the Union. 3 What remedy, then,... | |
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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... 
