Editing Sovereign immunity (section)

====Federal sovereign immunity====
The [[federal government of the United States]] has sovereign immunity and may not be sued anywhere in the United States unless it has waived its immunity or consented to suit. The United States has waived sovereign immunity to a limited extent, mainly through the [[Federal Tort Claims Act]], which waives the immunity if a tortious act of a federal employee causes damage, and the [[Tucker Act]], which waives the immunity over claims arising out of contracts to which the federal government is a party.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zoldan|first1=Evan|title=The King is Dead, Long Live the King!: Sovereign Immunity and the Curious Case of Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities|journal=Conn. L. Rev.|date=2006|volume=38|pages=459–60|ssrn=1634687}}</ref> As a sovereign, the United States is immune from suit unless it unequivocally consents to being sued.<ref>United States v. Mitchell, 445 U.S. 535, 538 (1980)</ref> The United States Supreme Court in ''[[Price v. United States]]'' observed: "It is an axiom of our jurisprudence. The government is not liable to suit unless it consents thereto, and its liability in suit cannot be extended beyond the plain language of the statute authorizing it." ''Price v. United States'', 174 U.S. 373, 375-76 (1899).