Judge blocks California from enforcing ICE mask ban

Judge Christina Snyder from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a preliminary injunction against part of the “No Secret Police Act.” Snyder’s ruling came in a case brought by President Donald Trump’s administration.

In the ruling, Snyder wrote that the new law unlawfully discriminates against federal law enforcement officers, violating the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.

However, the judge also ruled that the Trump administration failed to show that a ban on facial coverings is a direct regulation of the federal government. Snyder wrote that “federal officers can perform their federal functions without wearing masks.” ---More...

???? BREAKING – MAJOR ICE VICTORY: A federal judge in California just BLOCKED Gavin Newsom’s radical law that would have forced federal agents to UNMASK

The judge ruled the law violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause

That’s a huge win for ICE and for the rule of law

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