A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked California from enforcing a 2025 law that would have required federal immigration agents to wear badges or other identification during operations, handing the Trump administration a significant legal win in its ongoing clash with the nation’s most populous blue state over immigration enforcement.
The ruling turned on the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. The panel found that California’s law, known as the No Vigilantes Act, likely violated the foundational principle that states cannot directly regulate how the federal government carries out its duties. The court issued an injunction blocking the law while the case proceeds on appeal.
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