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Text As Truce: A Peace Proposal For The Supreme Court's Costly War Over The Eleventh Amendment, Andrew B. Coan
Text As Truce: A Peace Proposal For The Supreme Court's Costly War Over The Eleventh Amendment, Andrew B. Coan
Fordham Law Review
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Effective Alternatives To Causes Of Action Barred By The Eleventh Amendment, Jesse H. Choper, John C. Yoo
Effective Alternatives To Causes Of Action Barred By The Eleventh Amendment, Jesse H. Choper, John C. Yoo
NYLS Law Review
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Who's So Afraid Of The Eleventh Amendment, John C. Yoo, Jesse Choper
Who's So Afraid Of The Eleventh Amendment, John C. Yoo, Jesse Choper
John C Yoo
This Article argues that critics have exaggerated the impact and importance of the Eleventh Amendment cases. This is not to deny that revived judicial security for states' rights has become the signature issue of the Rehnquist Court. We examine whether the subject deserves the enormous importance that many, including a number of commentators and several Justices, have given it. We conclude that it does not. A series of doctrines, both internal and external to the Eleventh Amendment, allow the federal government to achieve its policy objectives. Preventing private plaintiffs from suing states for retrospective money damages poses at most a …