World & Nation | U.S. troops may sue military contractors for their injuries, Supreme Court rules by David G. Savage

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The Supreme Court ruled 6‑3 that U.S. troops can sue military contractors for injuries caused by the contractors’ negligence, overturning a precedent that barred such suits. The case involved 20‑year‑old soldier Winston Henceley, who was seriously injured when a Taliban operative employed by Fluor Corporation detonated a bomb at Bagram Airfield, killing five soldiers and wounding 17 others. The Court held that neither federal law nor the Constitution shields contractors from liability when their mistakes lead to combat‑zone injuries, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing the majority opinion and Justices Alito, Roberts and Kavanaugh dissenting. The decision clears Henceley’s lawsuit to proceed against Fluor for its negligent hiring and supervision of the Afghan employee.

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#Progressives are unAmerican? Part of #SCotUS says yes, very yes. #Trumps call to make all non #maga as the #EnemyWithin gets a bigly support from serial corruptee #ClarenceThomas

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I would argue that Clarence Thomas - long term - has done more to help liberals than any other justice in American history.

From overturning Roe - which essentially guaranteed abortion access to much of the population by enshrining rights in state constitutions to revisiting precedents which then hands the left opportunities to revisit "settled law" (such as Citizens United).

Is he a good and smart person? Mmmm. I don't know.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5834309-clarence-thomas-civility-concerns/

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I guess we know whose side he’s on. 😕

“‘The century of progressivism,’ Thomas claims, ‘did not go well.’ For whom? By the mid-twentieth century, progressive reforms (and, later, the New Deal laws that built upon them) helped Americans reach higher standards of living than they could have imagined. …

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#Politics #USPolitics #DeclarationOfIndependance #Progressivism #ProgressivePolitics #History #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #CivilRights #NewDeal

https://newrepublic.com/article/209183/clarence-thomas-history-progressivism-speech