Explain self-judging reservations
What will be an ideal response?
One questionable device that states have used to recognize the Court's jurisdiction under the Optional Clause but to still have a way out if they decide they do not want to respond to a particular suit is known as a self-judging reservation or Connally Reservation. Such a clause allows a state to exclude from its acceptance of Optional Clause jurisdiction any matter that it later determines is within its own domestic jurisdiction. This can be a double-edged sword, however, because the principle of reciprocity allows would-be defendants to invoke the plaintiff's self-judging reservation.
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