Martin v. United States (2025)

1) Link to the Actual Opinion
Read the Supreme Court opinion (PDF)

2) Summary of the Opinion
Martin sued the federal government after an FBI wrong-house raid caused significant harm. The government argued the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)’s discretionary function exception and the Supremacy Clause barred the claim. The Supreme Court disagreed, holding that the FTCA’s law enforcement proviso allows suits for certain intentional torts by federal officers, and neither the discretionary function exception nor Supremacy Clause immunized the government in this context.

🇺🇸 ARTICLE VI — FULL TEXT + COMPLETE TICRI BREAKDOWN

Debts, Supremacy Clause, Oaths — The Binding Legal Structure of the Union

1. Exact Text (Verbatim)

“All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.”

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.