A federal appeals court on Oct. 14 said a California law requiring federal officers to identify themselves is illegal and ordered a preliminary injunction entered against the statute.
California’s No Vigilantes Act, which requires federal law enforcement officers in California to display identification when on duty, impermissibly regulates the conduct of federal officers, a panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judges said in a 21-page ruling.
“Because Congress has not authorized such legislation, it is barred by intergovernmental immunity,” they wrote.
Intergovernmental immunity prohibits state laws that regulate or discriminate against the federal government, according to court precedent. …