Joint Resolution Proposing the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

This item is the resolution proposing the Eleventh Amendment which was ratified February 7, 1795, and provides that no state can be sued in federal court by a citizen of another state or a foreign country. A joint resolution is a formal opinion adopted by both houses of the legislative branch. A constitutional amendment must be passed as a joint resolution before it is sent to the states for ratification.