1.   The constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties.

2.   To the formation of a league, such as was the confederation, the state sovereignties were certainly competent.

3.   Previously its goal had been state sovereignty within a reformed Soviet Union.

4.   Before the Civil War, the court stepped in only once to protect state sovereignty.

5.   But lawmakers and judges increasingly cite the amendment as a basis for efforts to limit federal encroachments on state sovereignty.

6.   Four other governors sent separate letters supporting state sovereignty in taxation as a constitutional principle, but not attacking the Internet tax commission.

7.   He also appealed to state sovereignty to counter criticisms that his plan contains a loophole allowing unregulated contributions to state political parties.

8.   He warned that violators could not hide behind the principle of state sovereignty to avoid being held accountable.

9.   He said the majority was endorsing and giving constitutional status to a notion of state sovereignty that was incompatible with the federal government that the Constitution had established.