If a state violates your federal rights, are you allowed to sue it in court?

In effect, the court found, Congress had no power to authorize the states to violate the federal Constitution.

A state which disclaims those responsibilities violates its own principles.

The plaintiffs have not proven that the state has violated their constitutional rights.

The charge was dismissed because the state violated Florida's speedy trial law.

And for this reason the state violated its duty to help preserve a vibrant, free national economy.

The Court, split 5-4, held that the state had violated due process by suspending the students without a hearing.

Justice Wilk also held that the state and city had violated the law by allowing rent increases higher than 6 percent.

However, when cities and states violate this sort of informal agreement, the city's best defense is a strong offense.

If a country does not pass such laws a citizen has no redress, even though the state violated the covenant.