Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should overrule or limit a 75-year-old ruling in a dissent published on Monday. The Supreme Court decided Feres v. United States in 1950. The ruling held that the U.

Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden.

The Supreme Court justices questioned whether an extra hurdle for people of "majority backgrounds" is required to prove discrimination.