Ninth Circuit SLAPS DOWN Newsom law restricting ICE operationshttps://www.theblaze.com/news/9th-circuit-id-newsom-icenew California law requiring federal immigration agents to wear identification during their operations was permanently slapped down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Critics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations say masked and unidentifiable agents pose a risk to illegal alien targets as well as the greater public.
On Wednesday, the three-judge panel of the appeals court said the state could not restrict federal operations without congressional approval.
"We conclude ... the No Vigilantes Act attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions," Judge Mark J. Bennett wrote. "No set of circumstances exist under which the Act would be valid."
The ruling said the law violated the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Department of Justice had sued to stop the identification law as well as another restriction barring federal agents from using masks during operations.
In April, the same court struck down a similar restriction issued by California.
CA gooberment being stupid, this ruling will likely be appealed to an en banc hearing and the USSC, because Sacto pols and bureaucrats are and won't be spending their own $$$$$$$.
