State Sovereignty
The residual governmental authority of the states not delegated to the federal government, protected by the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments.
State sovereign immunity shields states from suit without consent, subject to exceptions (Ex parte Young suits against officials for prospective relief, congressional abrogation under the Fourteenth Amendment, and state waiver). Anti-commandeering preserves state autonomy by forbidding the federal government from conscripting state legislatures or executives.
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