The Supreme Court on Tuesday cast doubt on Texas' claim that it can't be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cast doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.
“We don’t know what’s going to be happening in the next 50 years. We don’t know what’s going to be happening in the next 50 days in terms of national security and personnel,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh said. But “the numbers are much larger when you look at how many soldiers’ claims have been successfully resolved” without going to court, Michel said.Fifteen other Republican-led states are calling on the court to side with Texas and rule out private lawsuits like Torres’.
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