The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 22 permanently blocked California from enforcing a new law requiring federal immigration officers to display identification when on duty in the state, ruling the law was unconstitutional.
“We conclude that … the No Vigilantes Act attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions,” the appeals panel wrote in its order. “The Supremacy Clause forbids the State from enforcing such legislation.”
The appeals panel found the federal government was likely to succeed on the merits of its argument that the lower state law conflicted with the U.S. Constitution and federal law….