From Newsgroup: alt.law-enforcement

Hey Liberal jerks, Don't you remember the Civil War?
That was when Republican President Lincoln proved that
Democratic states can not defy the Federal Government
and block enforcing it's laws.
There is such a thing as Federal Supremacy.

from https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/federal-agent-mask-ban/4230889

Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to
wear identification
Apr 22, 2026, 11:41 AM | Updated: 11:45 am

federal agents mask ban...
Law enforcement respond to protesters after federal immigration
authorities conducted operations, June 7, 2025, in Paramount, Calif.
(Photo: Eric Thayer, AP)

BY JAIMIE DING, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring
federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification.

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in November challenging the
law, arguing that it would threaten the safety of officers who are
facing harassment, doxing, and violence, and that it violated the
Constitution because the state is directly regulating the federal
government.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction pending appeal on Wednesday. It had already granted a
temporary administrative injunction to block the implementation of the law.

At a hearing on March 3, Justice Department lawyers argued that the
California law sought to regulate the federal government, violating the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.

The appeals court agreed, saying the law rCLattempts to directly regulate
the United States in its performance of governmental functions,rCY in an opinion written by Judge Mark J. Bennett.

California lawyers argued that the law applied equally to all law
enforcement officers without discriminating against the U.S. government,
and that states could apply rCLgenerally applicablerCY laws to federal
agents. They also argued that the law was important to address public
safety concerns.

The initial lawsuit also addressed another California measure signed
into law last year that would have banned most law enforcement officers
from wearing masks, neck gaiters, and other facial coverings. It was
blocked by a federal judge in February.

The legislation did not apply to state law enforcement and made
exceptions for undercover agents, protective equipment like N95
respirators or tactical gear, and other situations where not wearing a
mask would jeopardize the operation.



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