California lawyers argued that the law applied equally to all law enforcement officers without discriminating against the U.S. government, and that it was important for public safety.

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.

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    11 days ago

    It’s unfortunate that most of the people who would enforce this are chuds who dream of the level of unaccountable power ICE gets to enjoy, because sooner or later the answer to this should be “fuck you, we don’t recognize your right to send masked goons to our state”. Shove that supremacy up your ass, legitimacy derives from the consent of the governed.

    Next up, it’s unconstitutional to prosecute the gestapo for summary public executions because supremacy.