SCOTUS GRANTS CERT IN MARTIN V UNITED STATES

The petition is limited to these two questions:

1. Whether the Constitution's Supremacy Clause bars claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act when the negligent or wrongful acts of federal employees have some nexus with furthering federal policy and can reasonably be characterized as complying with the full range of federal law.

2. Whether the discretionary-function exception is categorically inapplicable to claims arising under the law enforcement proviso to the intentional torts exception.