Clark v. Virginia Department of State Police

Issues: (1) Whether, by enacting 38 U.S.C. § 4323(b)(2) in 1998, Congress lawfully subjected state employees to suit in state court under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 pursuant to a valid exercise of Congress’s war powers that was consistent with the framework and design of the Constitution; (2) whether Congress lawfully abrogated any sovereign immunity the Virginia Department of State Police purportedly retained with respect to USERRA actions in state court when Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 4323(b)(2); and (3) whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erroneously affirmed the Circuit Court of Chesterfield County's decision to sustain the Virginia Department of State Police's amended special plea of sovereign immunity and dismiss petitioner's complaint. CVSG: 10/12/2017.