Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification
Last edited Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:58 PM - Edit history (3)
Source: AP
Updated 2:42 PM EDT, April 22, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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 Wednesday. It had already granted a temporary administrative injunction to block the implementation of the law.
At a hearing 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 "attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions," in an opinion written by Judge Mark J. Bennett.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-agents-identification-california-appeals-court-2b60941111adb2c82a929570e594f56d
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/04/22/26-926.pdf
2, 45 judges and an Obama judge.
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Original article -
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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 they 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 Wednesday. It had already granted a temporary administrative injunction to block the implementation of the law.
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