Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito votes are based on their politics, no pretense of judicial application of the law

Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Over Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Migrants


The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by officials in Florida to sue California and Washington over claims that those states have allowed undocumented immigrants to receive commercial trucking licenses.

Officials in the two states deny the allegation.
The court does not typically give a vote breakdown when it rejects a case nor explain its reasoning, but two of the court’s conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., noted that they would have allowed Florida to bring the case.

The case was prompted by a high-profile fatal crash in Florida in August involving a commercial truck driven by an Indian immigrant.



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Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, has argued in court filings that the fatal crash was preventable, asserting that Mr. Singh did not speak English.

Mr. Uthmeier claimed that California and Washington had improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses to Mr. Singh, harming Florida by adding to the workload of state law enforcement officers. In October, Florida asked the Supreme Court to hear its claim.


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