"The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in November challenging the law, arguing it would threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing and violence, and that it violated the constitution because the state is directly regulating the federal government."
"The appeals court agreed, saying the law attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions, in an opinion written by Judge Mark J Bennett."
"California lawyers argued that the law applied equally to all law enforcement officers without discriminating against the US government, and that states could apply generally applicable laws to federal agents."
"The initial lawsuit also addressed another California measure signed into law last year that would have banned most law enforcement officers from wearing masks, neck gaiters and other facial coverings."
An appeals court has issued an injunction against a California law mandating federal immigration agents to wear identification. The Trump administration's lawsuit claimed the law endangered officers and violated the constitution by regulating the federal government. The ninth US circuit court of appeals agreed, stating the law improperly attempts to regulate federal functions. California's lawyers contended the law was applicable to all law enforcement and addressed public safety. Another California measure banning facial coverings for law enforcement was also blocked by a federal judge earlier this year.
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