TORRES v. TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 20-603.

142 S.Ct. 2455 (2022)

597 U.S. 580

Le Roy TORRES, Petitioner v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew T. Tutt , Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Christopher G. Michel for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Judd E. Stone, II , Solicitor General, for respondent.

Brian J. Lawler , Pilot Law, P.C., San Diego, CA, Stephen J. Chapman , Chapman Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX, Elisabeth S. Theodore , Andrew T. Tutt , Counsel of Record, Stephen K. Wirth , Samuel F. Callahan , Kyle Lyons-Burke , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Ken Paxton , Attorney General of Texas, Brent Webster , First Assistant Attorney General. Office of The, Attorney General, Austin, Texas, Judd E. Stone II , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Lanora C. Pettit , Principal Deputy Solicitor, General. Ari Cuenin , William F. Cole , Ryan S. Baasch , Assistant Solicitors General, Christopher J.f. Galiardo , Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.


The Constitution vests in Congress the power "[t]o raise and support Armies" and "[t]o provide and maintain a Navy." Art. I, § 8, cls. 1, 12-13. Pursuant to that authority, Congress enacted a federal law that gives returning veterans the right to reclaim their prior jobs with state employers...

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