Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety

Decided June 29, 2022. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-603 · 597 U.S. 580 · Cited 39 times

By ratifying the Constitution, the States agreed their sovereignty would yield to the national power to raise and support the Armed Forces; Congress may exercise this power to authorize private damages suits against nonconsenting States, as in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.

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