Thomas Blasts Supreme Court for Rejecting Florida's 2-State CDL Suit

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26

Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Samuel Alito, said the Supreme Court wrongly refused to hear Florida’s lawsuit accusing California and Washington of unlawfully issuing commercial licenses to undocumented immigrants.
Thomas argued Florida had no other court available because state-versus-state disputes fall under the Supreme Court’s exclusive original jurisdiction, making the denial a constitutional failure rather than ordinary docket discretion.
Florida says the two states violated federal CDL rules requiring English proficiency and lawful immigration status for certain commercial drivers, creating a road-safety risk beyond their borders.
Thomas pointed to a fatal Florida crash involving truck driver Harjinder Singh, who held CDLs from California and Washington, saying a driver unable to read English road signs should not operate an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer.
The court had earlier rejected Florida’s bid to sue directly, leaving Thomas to warn that declining such interstate cases undermines the constitutional mechanism meant to resolve conflicts between states.

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