The U.S. Department of Justice sued St. Paul, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 15, challenging local laws that prohibit federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and require them to provide identification.
The department said the ordinances violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause by allowing local governments to regulate federal officers.
The lawsuits claim the requirements also threaten the safety of federal officers who have faced an increase in harassment, doxxing, and violence.
“Under the Supremacy Clause of our nation’s Constitution, states and localities cannot regulate the federal government and its law enforcement officers,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. said in a statement….