In Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that Congress’s war powers allow it to subject non-consenting states to money damages lawsuits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
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The question the U.S. Supreme Court will decide in Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety is whether a state may be sued in state court for allegedly violating the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA).
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide whether and how Texas and Texas Officials May be Sued over Abortion Law
On November 1st the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases challenging Texas’s abortion law. S.B. 8, enacted earlier this year, prohibits abortions in Texas after approximately six weeks.
Continue readingStates’ Rights Lose at SCOTUS
In PennEast Pipeline v. New Jersey the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that the federal government may constitutionally grant pipeline companies the authority to condemn necessary rights-of-way in which a state has an interest.
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