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Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito blasted their Supreme Court colleagues on Monday for ducking a pivotal interstate dispute over issuing commercial driver\u2019s licenses (CDLs) to illegal aliens who can\u2019t read or speak English. <\/p>\n

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The verbal smackdown came about in the high court\u2019s most recent , in which the justices disclosed which cases they will not be taking up and hearing arguments in during its upcoming 2026 term. Among the rejected cases was Florida v. California and Washington<\/em>, in which Florida sought to file a lawsuit against California and Washington \u201cfor defying federal law by providing commercial driver\u2019s licenses to illegal aliens who cannot read English,\u201d as summarized by Thomas. <\/p>\n

In its October 2025 , Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the high court to greenlight and consider his state\u2019s legal complaint against the aforementioned Democrat-run states over the contested policy. He noted that Florida\u2019s \u201cserious and dignified\u201d claims \u201carise under the United States Constitution,\u201d and that \u201cthere is no alternative forum to provide adequate relief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Article III of the U.S. Constitution notably grants the Supreme Court \u201coriginal Jurisdiction\u201d \u201cIn all Cases \u2026 in which a State shall be Party.\u201d And yet, seven of the current court\u2019s justices declined to take up and address the matter. <\/p>\n

Writing in dissent on behalf of himself and Alito, Thomas blasted the high court for shirking its constitutional responsibility to handle disputes between the states. He additionally highlighted the \u201cdisturbing phenomenon\u201d alleged by Florida: that the practice of states issuing CDLs to illegals who aren\u2019t proficient in English is \u201ccausing fatal accidents on the road.\u201d <\/p>\n

The deadly consequences stemming from states issuing CDLs to non-English speaking or reading illegal aliens have garnered nationwide attention in recent months. As The Federalist previously reported, the Department of Transportation said that \u201c[t]hirty people\u00a0died\u00a0in 17 semi-truck crashes caused by noncitizen commercial truck drivers in 2025\u201d alone, with those figures likely being \u201can undercount.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In his dissent, Thomas highlighted one of these tragedies stemming from the Sunshine State, in which a CDL-licensed Indian national \u201ccrashed a tractor-trailer into a minivan on the Florida Turnpike,\u201d leaving three dead. As noted by the justice, law enforcement later discovered that the illegal alien \u201clikely could not read the road signs\u201d due to his inability to comprehend basic English \u2014 circumstances in which federal law bars states from issuing CDLs.<\/p>\n

Turning to the jurisdictional issue, Thomas cited the Constitution, which gives the Supreme Court \u201cexclusive original jurisdiction over Florida\u2019s suit because it involves one State suing other States.\u201d He further noted how Congress has made the court\u2019s \u201coriginal jurisdiction \u2018exclusive\u2019 in \u2018all controversies between two or more States\u2019\u201d and expressed \u201cdoubt [that] this Court has discretion to refuse to hear cases within its exclusive original jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only statute addressing this Court\u2019s jurisdiction over these kinds of cases nowhere contemplates a process of discretionary review,\u201d Thomas wrote. \u201cNonetheless, this Court has adopted a discretionary approach to its exclusive original jurisdiction based on \u2018policy judgments that are in conflict with the policy choices that Congress made in the statutory text specifying the Court\u2019s original jurisdiction.\u2019 \u2026 Thus, both JUSTICE ALITO and I have repeatedly called for revisiting the Court\u2019s precedents in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas concluded his assessment that the Supreme Court \u201clikely should have granted\u201d Florida\u2019s request to file its legal motion even under this \u201cdiscretionary approach.\u201d Addressing the factors SCOTUS uses when weighing such matters, the Bush 41 appointee underscored that the court\u2019s existing standards and the jurisdictional issue favor the Sunshine State. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis Court declines to even hear Florida\u2019s claims, even though it has nowhere else to bring them. Because I would allow Florida to file its complaint, I respectfully dissent,\u201d Thomas wrote. <\/p>\n

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