Pamela Gillie v. Law Office of Eric A. Jones

From the founding, the States have taken debts — whether owed by them or to them — seriously. Compare Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419, 1 L.Ed. 440 (1793), with U.S. Const. amend. XI. If States have the sovereign right to set the terms of being sued, see Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706, 715-27, 119 S.Ct. 2240, 144 L.Ed.2d 636 (1999), they assuredly have a sovereign right to determine how, when, and whether to collect the myriad debts owed to them. No State to our knowledge employs all of the individuals needed to perform this sovereign function. See Nat’l Ass’n of State Auditors,…