Justice Clarence Thomas shows Florida AG's appeal the door
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Left: Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier addresses an assembly with Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state cabinet at the Florida capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file). Right: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait in the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images).

Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas and at least four other Supreme Court justices, although the exact number remains unspecified, quietly dismissed a request to overturn a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the implementation of SB 4-C, a law imposing state criminal sanctions on illegal immigration in Florida.

The denial on Wednesday of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s request for a stay on U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ preliminary injunction, as it awaits appeal in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was succinct, consisting of just one line without any additional commentary or reasoning from the Supreme Court.

“The application for stay presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied,” the order said.

In April, Williams, a Barack Obama appointee, sided with the plaintiffs, the Florida Immigrant Coalition and the Farmworker Association of Florida, granting the temporary restraining order and the injunction they requested. Williams was persuaded by the argument that SB 4-C amounted to an unconstitutional state assertion of immigration enforcement powers that belong to the federal government.

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Uthmeier, a Republican appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, was evidently not convinced that the injunction was “legitimate,” which landed him in hot water with the judge.

At first, in response to the Williams’ April 18 order that he “provide actual notice of the TRO” to any and all “law enforcement officer[s] with power to enforce [S.B.] 4-C,” Uthmeier sent a letter stating that they “should take no steps to enforce [S.B. 4-C], including through arrests or detentions” and “comply” with the restraining order.

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