Thomas says the Court should have taken the caseJustice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should have heard Florida’s dispute with California and Washington instead of turning it away. Joined by Justice Samuel Alito, Thomas argued that when one state sues another, the high court is not just another stop on the legal train line. It is supposed to be the only stop. He wrote that if the Court will not hear such a fight, then the injured state has no other place to go. That is a tidy little problem for a system that likes to call itself the final word.Florida says state licenses broke federal rulesFlorida says California and Washington gave commercial driver’s licenses to people who did not meet federal standards. Those standards call for a driver to pass a test, understand English well enough to read road signs, and show proper immigration status in some cases. Florida argued that this was not a paperwork squabble. It was a public safety issue. Thomas agreed that federal licensing rules matter because an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer is not the place for guesswork, wishful thinking, or bureaucratic performance art.The fatal crash put the issue in focusThomas pointed to a deadly Florida…

Memorial Day politics at the gate Memorial Day is usually for quiet reflection, family cookouts, and paying respect to the dead. That schedule apparently did not make the calendar for everyone. Outside Delaney Hall, the ICE detention facility in Newark, activists gathered over the weekend, and the scene quickly turned into the kind of public mess that happens when protest signs meet barricades and everyone pretends it is a surprise. Sen. Andy Kim and Gov. Mikie Sherrill also showed up, with Kim saying he was there to meet families and community advocates. He also said Delaney Hall should be shut down immediately, which is a strong line for a place where the real debate is not about slogans but about who gets to control the gates. Barriers, pepper spray, and the usual civic theater According to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, about 125 agitators surrounded the building, many carrying anti-ICE signs and Antifa flags. DHS said they formed a human chain around entrances and blocked entries and exits. On Monday, activists were filmed digging up bricks and hauling in trash to build a makeshift blockade, because if one is going to stage a political spectacle, apparently one should also…