The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were ratified in December 1791. The 11th Amendment was ratified four years later. When I served as attorney general of Tennessee, I dealt with the ...

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. [1.] After one year from the ratification of this ...

The first type of amendment may reverse the decision by instructing the Court on the proper construction of a particular provision, as in the case of the Eleventh Amendment.” That amendment ...

She and Kolker decided to blow things up. They brought an amendment to the School Finance Act during an Appropriations Committee hearing. It creates a brand-new education fund. "We named it the ...

In fact, President Adams was the one to publish through a statement to Congress, the 11th Amendment, after it had been ratified by the states. His statement to Congress was the functional ...

He also said the way Narrigan pled his case “is barred by the Eleventh Amendment,” which exempts state officials from being sued. Narrigan’s case against Treasurer Deborah G. Goldberg ...