Lawmakers Ask Justices to Take Up Veterans' Workplace Rights
- Members of Congress to test their luck in brief to high court
- Pro-veteran and pro-arbitration precedents in tension
The U.S. Capitol building stands past the 'Authority of Law' statue at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
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Nineteen lawmakers are testing their luck at the Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up a case on whether military reservists’ unfair dismissal claims can be forced into arbitration by their civilian bosses.
Because the case involves veterans’ rights, the legislators say they are hopeful the Supreme Court of John Roberts will temper its usual affinity for agreements waiving employees’ right to sue.