Justice Stevens, dissenting. Legal doctrines often flourish long after their raison d’etre has perished. 1 The doctrine of sovereign immunity rests on the fictional premise that the “King can do no wrong.” 2 Even though the plot to assassinate James I in 1605, the exe *88 cution of Charles I in…
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