Justices Skeptical of Limiting Damages Against U.S. Workers (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed likely to reinstate suits against FBI agents alleged to have retaliated against Muslim Americans by placing them on the “no-fly” list for refusing to act as informants against their religious community.

Many of the justices hearing oral arguments remotely on Tuesday in Tanzin v. Tanvir pushed back on the Trump administration’s claim that the men can only sue the government for injunctive relief.

Muhammad Tanvir, Jameel Algibhah, and Naveed Shinwari are asking whether a federal law protecting religious liberty, the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, allows them to sue members of the FBI for financial ...