California Law Generally Requiring Federal Law Enforcement Officers to Display ID Violates Supremacy Clause
The Ninth Circuit so held yesterday, reaffirming what it had said on a preliminary basis (in deciding on an injunction pending appeal) in April.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/15/california-law-generally-requiring-federal-law-enforcement-officers-to-display-id-violates-supremacy-clause-2/
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