Constitutional Law
Oct. 13, 2026
9th Circuit orders injunction against California law requiring federal agents to display identification
The appeals court ruled that California cannot require federal law enforcement officers to display their agency and badge numbers, finding that the law violates the constitutional principle of intergovernmental immunity.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday ordered a lower court judge to enjoin a California law requiring nonuniformed federal law enforcement officers to display identification showing their agency and badge number.
The panel temporarily blocked SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act, in April. In its latest decision, the same judges instructed Senior U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder of Los Angeles - who had refused to block the law -- to enter a preliminary injunctio...
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