INTERGOVERNMENTAL-IMMUNITY DOCTRINE

By SovConn | June 21, 2013

intergovernmental-immunity doctrine.Constitutional law. The principle that both the federal government and the states are independent sovereigns, and that neither sovereign may intrude on the other in certain political spheres. Cf. PREEMPTION(5). [Cases: States 18.93. C.J.S. States § 23.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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