Law requiring ICE agents to show identification struck down

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals slapped down a California law that would have forced immigration agents and other law enforcement officers to display ID while on duty, with a ruling Wednesday finding that the measure “attempts to directly regulate” the federal government.

“[The law] purports to override the federal government’s power to determine whether, how, and when to publicly identify its officers,” wrote Judge Mark J. Bennett. “The Supremacy Clause forbids the State from enforcing such legislation.”

The Department of Justice first challenged the law shortly after it was passed last fall, suing to block the ID requirement alongside