Court Opinion

ID: 9418296
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 22:19:25.255199+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:59.920618
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice McReynolds
dissenting.
I am unable to agree with the opinion of the majority of the court. It seems to me plain that this is a suit against *44a State to which the Eleventh Amendment declares “the judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend.” Fitts v. McGhee, 172 U. S. 516. If Ex parte Young, 209 U. S. 123, and the cases following it support the doctrine that Federal courts may enjoin the enforcement of criminal statutes enacted by state legislatures •whenever the enjoyment of some constitutional right happens to be threatened with temporary interruption, they should be overruled in that regard. The simple, direct language of the Amendment ought to be given effect, not refined away.
That the challenged act is invalid I think admits of no serious doubt.