intergovernmental immunity doctrine

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.]

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