June 29, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that state employers do not have sovereign immunity to a military anti-discrimination law, reviving a former Texas state trooper's allegations that he was unlawfully forced out of his job due to injuries from his Army service.
March 29, 2022
Several U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed skepticism of Texas' claims that state employers can't be sued under a military anti-discrimination law, noting that states had granted war powers to the federal government when the Constitution was being drafted.
March 25, 2022
In each of the four cases set to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, private and public employers are defending against civil lawsuits brought by former employees — but the legal issues run the gamut from the enforceability of arbitration agreements to the scope of rail worker safety rules.
March 21, 2022
The federal government's war powers overcome individual states' sovereign immunity and should empower a disabled veteran to sue the state of Texas for employment discrimination, the veteran has told the U.S. Supreme Court.
February 09, 2022
House Representatives urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Texas court's decision barring an Army reservist's use of a federal anti-bias law against a state employer, saying the statute was intended to help soldiers facing discrimination over service-related disabilities.
December 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Wednesday to review if a federal law prohibiting employment discrimination based on military service applies to state employers, in a case filed by a former Texas state trooper and Army reservist.
March 01, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court asked for the federal government's view Monday on whether the justices should take up a case that argues a law prohibiting employment discrimination based on military service should apply to state employers.