A judge appointed during the Clinton Administration has granted the Trump Administration’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking California from enforcing a law endangering the safety of federal law enforcement officers.
On Monday, Judge Christina Snyder of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a preliminary injunction against a provision in the state’s “No Secret Police Act” that bans federal officers from wearing masks.
“These federal agents are harassed, doxxed, obstructed, and attacked on a regular basis just for doing their jobs. We have no tolerance for it,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X.com, applauding the judge’s order for protecting federal law enforcement officers.
Indeed, as DHS has reported, its law enforcement officers are now facing an 8,000% increase in death threats against them and a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and terrorists from American neighborhoods.
Judge Snyder ruled that California’s “No Secret Police Act” violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which mandates that federal law takes precedence over any conflicting state or local law, rendering the lower-level law unenforceable.
Judge Snyder also ruled that the California law exempts its own state officers while penalizing federal agents.
Enforcement of the “No Secret Police Act,” initially slated to begin on January 1 of this year, had previously been paused in anticipation of Monday’s ruling.
At the request of the plaintiff (the United States), the effect of Judge Snyder’s order is stayed until noon of February 19, 2026.
