"[The law] purports to override the federal government's power to determine whether, how, and when to publicly identify its officers. The Supremacy Clause forbids the State from enforcing such legislation."
"The joint case reached a courtroom in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, a week after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis."
"At the time, Snyder wrote she was 'constrained' to block the mask ban because of a last-minute carve out exempting state police, finding it discriminated against the federal government."
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a California law mandating federal officers display identification while on duty, stating it infringed on federal authority. The law attempted to regulate how the federal government identifies its officers, violating the Supremacy Clause. The Department of Justice challenged this law and a related mask ban, both enacted in response to public discontent with immigration enforcement. A previous ruling upheld the mask ban but allowed the ID law to stand until the appeal.
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