NEW: Supreme Court rules against family of Mexican teen fatally shot in cross-border shooting by a border patrol agent
Supreme Court on 5-4 vote with conservatives in the majority refuses to allow people injured/killed in cross-border shootings to file civil rights suits in federal court
Justice Ginsburg writes dissenting opinion, hot on the heels of Trump seeking her recusal in all Trump related cases
The conservative majority endorsed the position taken by the Trump administration, citing the role border patrol agents play in national security and highlighting the "large volume of illegal cross-border traffic"
In separate opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas says he would would like to overrule 1971 precedent that allowed people to sue individual federal officers for civil rights violations
STORY: Supreme Court bars lawsuit over cross-border shooting of Mexican teen reut.rs/32qtKMg
Forgot to note that Justice Gorsuch joined Thomas opinion calling for the court to consider overturning the 1971 Bivens ruling
Today's ruling will end a similar case, also pending at the Supreme Court, brought against a border patrol agent who killed a 16-year-old Mexican from across the border in Arizona.
Supreme Court's ruling against family of Mexican teen killed by a U.S. border patrol agent could create a "Wild West situation at our border," said a lawyer for the boy's family. Updated story: reut.rs/32qtKMg
