Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow a lawsuit by Army veteran Winston Tyler Hencely, injured in a 2016 Taliban suicide bombing at Bagram Airfield, against military contractor Fluor Corporation. The majority, led by Justice Clarence Thomas, rejected the 'battlefield preemption' theory, enabling state-law claims against contractors whose unauthorized actions caused harm. Justices Samuel Alito, John Roberts, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.