sovereign immunity

How To Use sovereign immunity In A Sentence

• He continues to govern -- fighting off legal challenges to his sovereign immunity and threats to his ruling majority -- until he dies in office.
• Defendant waived sovereign immunity from this action by statute.
• Until now, public universities have reveled in the sovereign immunity they enjoy under the Eleventh Amendment.
• Sovereign immunity frustrates compensation and deterrence. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
• Even the state sovereign immunity and anti-commandeering cases seem to comport with the Republican Party platform.
• It is widely recognised in customary international law that the wrecks of warships are entitled to Sovereign Immunity, so they cannot be salvaged without the consent of their Flag State (here the UK) and that title (ownership) is not lost through the effluxion of time, so no question of abandonment of the wreck of HMS Victory by the UK governmet arises. Odyssey’s Never Ending Quest for Treasure
• The doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong.
• the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong
• He continues to govern -- fighting off legal challenges to his sovereign immunity and threats to his ruling majority -- until he dies in office.
• The Supreme Court has increasingly closed the courthouse doors to those with constitutional claims by limiting when federal officers can be sued, restricting who has standing to sue in federal court, increasing the facts that must be pled to get into federal court, expanding sovereign immunity that keeps state governments from being held accountable, shifting contested matters to arbitration and away from juries, and limiting punitive damages. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution