RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Virginia cannot enforce a newly passed law prohibiting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from wearing masks, a federal judge ruled less than 12 hours before it would have taken effect.
Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Payne held the Justice Department was likely to succeed in its argument that the intergovernmental immunity doctrine and the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution preclude the commonwealth from regulating the conduct of federal officers.
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