Federal Updates to Temporarily Impact Commercial
Driver License Services
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is informing the public that commercial driver license (CDL) transactions – including originals, renewals, duplicates or changes – will be unavailable starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 2, due to a planned nationwide update by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators to the Commercial Driver License Information System (CDLIS). Commercial driver license services will resume on at noon Monday, July 6. Commercial driver license services in all states will be impacted. All other driver license services will still be available.
Please note: Commercial driving tests previously scheduled for July 3 will be honored, but final completion will be delayed until CDLIS returns to service July 6.
CDLIS is a nationwide system that enables state driver licensing agencies to complete required procedures related to issuing an original, renewal or modification of a commercial driver license. States are required by federal law to use CDLIS in order to exchange essential information regarding commercial drivers, traffic convictions and disqualifications.
For more information regarding commercial driver license services and requirements, visit http://dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/CommercialLicense.htm.
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Folks within a good year the court may grant 100-150 cases on regular certiorari (cert for short) out of 7000 cases requesting the SCOTUS to hear
It takes 4 of 9 justices to agree on a cert. In this case, when a plaintiff is requesting SCOTUS review on on a motion involving original jurisdiction it takes five justices to agree to hear oral arguments
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TEXAS V. PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.
The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of
complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of
the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially
cognizable interest in the manner in which another State
conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed
as moot.
Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___
(Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue
