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To: betty boop
"If Massachusetts sanctions gay marriage, then a gay couple married here, moving to another state, could sue to have the legal status of their marriage recognized in their new state of domicile. What do you think the SCOTUS would do?

Amendment XI

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

Nothing, they have no jurisdiction.

532 posted on 07/01/2003 8:38:43 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (Cuba serĂ¡ libre...soon.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

But Luis, they'd then be legal residents of the new state. How does the 11th Amendment apply under that set of facts?

543 posted on 07/02/2003 9:11:12 AM PDT by betty boop (We can have either human dignity or unfettered liberty, but not both. -- Dean Clancy)
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