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Cite as:  594 U. S. ____ (2021) 

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BARRETT, J., dissenting 

adopting  it,  the  Court  is  able  to  make  a  §717f(h)  action
sound like something other than what it is: a private suit 
against a State that Congress has authorized pursuant to
its commerce power.  This Court has long held that States 
did not surrender their sovereign immunity to suits author-
ized  pursuant  to  Congress’  power  to  regulate  interstate 
commerce, and no historical evidence suggests a different 
result  obtains  for  condemnation  suits  brought  by  private 
parties against nonconsenting States.  Because state sover-
eign immunity bars these suits, I respectfully dissent.