{"id":57420,"date":"2025-11-17T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57420\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:20:08","slug":"us-justice-department-challenges-california-mask-ban-for-federal-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/57420\/","title":{"rendered":"US Justice Department challenges California mask ban for federal officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging California&#8217;s ban on federal law enforcement officers wearing masks while on duty.<\/p>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation in September prohibiting masking by local and federal law enforcement officers amid increased <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/immigration\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">immigration<\/a> enforcement efforts in the state.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-justice-department-challenges-california-mask-ban-federal-officers-2025-11-17\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Flegal%2Fgovernment%2Fus-justice-department-challenges-california-mask-ban-federal-officers-2025-11-17%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department said it does not plan to comply with the state law as it violates the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s intergovernmental immunity doctrine and poses new legal liabilities for federal officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Law enforcement officers thus face a real threat of criminal liability from state officials who have made clear their intent to target federal officers and disrupt federal law enforcement activities, including federal immigration enforcement,&#8221; the department said in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Spokespeople for Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta did not immediately respond to requests for comments.<\/p>\n<p>The California law, the first of its kind in the U.S., was signed amid President <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s deployment of <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-allowed-keep-national-guard-los-angeles-more-protests-planned-2025-06-13\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Guard troops to Los Angeles<\/a> during <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/la-protests-live-downtown-la-declared-unlawful-assembly-area-after-third-day-2025-06-09\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protests<\/a> over immigration enforcement operations.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Maiya Keidan and Jasper Ward; 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