Third Congress of the United States: at the first session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three : Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ... that the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ... The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity ... by citizens of another state or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.