...v. Native Village of Noatak. 501 US 77S. 783 n 99-11. As Alexander Hamilton stated: "It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty, not to be amenable to the suit of an •dividual without its consent." The Federalist No. 81, pp. 548-549 (J. Cooke ed. 1961). In contemporary...

...federal question jurisdiction of the federal courts, because " [i]t is inherent in the nature of [state] sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without [the state's] consent." Id at 54. The Court made no effort to square this reasoning with the Constitution's...

...the Framers of our Constitution. In the Federalist No. 81, Alexander Hamilton stated: "It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to...enjoyed by the government of every State in the Union." THE FEDERALIST No. 81 , at 487-88 (Hamilton) (Clinton Rossiter ed. 1961) (emphasis in the original)....

...sue the state under article HI. Hamilton declared this fear to be without foundation: 'It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to...enjoyed by the government of every state in the Union.' "In the V1rginia ratifying convention, James Madison had also met objection to the clause creating...

...preexisting right of state governments. 14 More particularly, Hamilton insisted that "[i]t is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent." 15 Consequently, the "Sovereign Immunity Cavalry" have insisted over the last seven years that Congress...

...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 w1thout its consent. This is the general sense and the general practice of mankind; and the exemption,...

...propositions that "each State is a sovereign entity in our federal system; . . . that it is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent [; and] that federal jurisdiction over suits against unconsenting States was not contemplated by the...

...concept of immunity. And this is clearly supported by Hamilton when he asserted that "It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty, not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent."37 Indeed, these ideas in respect of the supremacy of the sovereign can be traced to the writings...

...amenable to the fuit of an individual ivitbcut its fonfent. This is the general fenfe and the genera! practice of mankind ; and the exemption, as one of the attributes of fovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every ftate in the union. Unlefs therefore, there...

...the United States Constitution. Hamilton, writing in The Federalist 81, wrote that "[i]t is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent."12 Madison, who played a leading role in the drafting of the Constitution at the convention,...