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Federal court bars California law requiring ICE officers to wear…

The three-judge panel granted the federal government a preliminary injunction against the identification provision of California's law; the state can't enforce it for now.

On air: Vera Bullock on The Five O'Clock
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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA federal appeals court says California cannot make immigration officers wear visible identification on duty, ruling that a state can't dictate how federal agents do their jobs.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorProfessor Cornelius Applewhite joins us. You saw this coming?

  3. Cornelius ApplewhiteVera, as I wrote on page two hundred and twelve, the courts would side with Washington.

  4. Cornelius ApplewhiteI said it plainly, and my book, Both Sides of the Badge, is available everywhere.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBoth sides? Chapter nine says California wins. Did you predict that, too?

  6. Cornelius ApplewhiteNaturally. As I wrote on page one hundred and four, a state can absolutely win, and also lose. That's called range.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo is that a yes or a no on whether California can make officers show who they are?

  8. Cornelius ApplewhiteIt's a yes in the footnotes and a no in the main text. Hold on, my name tag fell off again.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou're wearing a name tag that says HELLO MY NAME IS and then nothing.

  10. Cornelius ApplewhiteI haven't filled it in yet. As I wrote on page thirty-one, a man's identity is a work in progress.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorProfessor, the entire court fight is about showing who you are while you work. You can't do it on a sticker.

  12. Cornelius ApplewhiteAs I wrote on page one, I predicted you would say that.

  13. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPage one. Of course.

  14. Cornelius ApplewhiteAnd speaking of hidden devices, Vera, is that a toilet paper roll on your desk wrapped around a microphone? Page ninety says it is.

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