Appeals court rules California can’t require ICE to show visible ID

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against a California law requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to show visible identification, a final ruling after the law was previously put on hold.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit remanded with instructions to enter a preliminary injunction on the state of California, stating that the federal government has shown that the Golden State’s No Vigilantes Act violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.

The appeals court ruled that the Supremacy Clause “prohibits States from directly regulating federal operations even when regulating state operations in the same manner,” according to the ruling.

“In sum, if a state law directly regulates the governmental conduct of the United States without congressional authorization, it is void irrespective of whether the regulated activities are essential to federal functions or operations, and irrespective of the degree to which the state law interferes with such functions or operations,” the court wrote.

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