sentences:  It was its power to enforce the Equal Protection Clause which Congress invoked in enacting the FMLA.In "Hans v. Louisiana" (1890), the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Eleventh Amendment prohibits states from being sued in federal court without their consent by their own citizens, despite the Eleventh Amendment's literal language.Congress, however, when acting under its Section 5 power, may abrogate state sovereign immunity and allow states to be sued for money damages.