He is particularly well known as an expert on foreign state immunity and works frequently on such cases.
The bill would also extend the state immunity to all qualified municipalities.
However, the Nonintercourse Act itself does not abrogate state sovereign immunity.
The term also saw the revival of the 10th Amendment as a source of state immunity against Federal regulation.
This would mean that he could not claim state immunity from them.
Congress, however, when acting under its Section 5 power, may abrogate state sovereign immunity and allow states to be sued for money damages.
They were, however, guaranteed state immunity from any new charges after they agreed to co-operate with the government investigation.
The Court's recent rulings on state immunity and constitutional lawmaking provided a subtext for the argument today.
At the least, the matter of state immunity to suits must be resolved.
Federalist No. 81 contained the following comments on state sovereign immunity: