Thomas and Alito see Supreme Court role in refereeing fights between red and blue states

UNITED STATES, May 26 — WASHINGTON (CN) — Despite dissents from two conservative justices, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to become the sole referee in a Republican state crackdown on immigrant trucker drivers. Florida sought to utilize the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction to sue California and Washington state, claiming the Democratic-run states illegally licensed a commercial trucker who caused a fatal crash because he couldn’t read highway signs. Immigrant truck drivers have come under scrutiny by the White House, which finalized a rule earlier this year barring “unqualified foreign drivers” from obtaining commercial licenses.