Foundations of Freedom

Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe, 442 U.S. 653, 667; and, ―The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity is one of the common law immunities and defenses that are available to the Sovereign.‖ Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 105 L.Ed.2d 45, 109 S.Ct. 2304

― The people of the state, as the successors of its former sovereign, are entitled to all the rights which formerly belonged to the king by his own prerogative.‖ Lansing v. Smith 4 Wendell 9 (N.Y.)