Posted on 07/02/2026 11:17:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Philadelphia from enforcing a new city law that would have prohibited federal law enforcement agents from wearing masks, ruling the city cannot dictate how they conduct operations amid a national debate over masked immigration agents carrying out arrests.
U.S. District Judge Chad Kenney, at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, issued a preliminary injunction, opens new tab barring Philadelphia from enforcing key provisions of the law against federal officers before they are scheduled to take effect on Tuesday.
Philadelphia’s mask ban was enacted earlier this year as part of a larger “ICE Out” legislative package passed by the Philadelphia City Council. It would bar officers from wearing masks or concealing identifying information, require visible badges and marked vehicles, and expose officers to civil and criminal penalties.
“This type of direct regulation of the federal government by a municipality is blatantly impermissible,” wrote Kenney, a Trump appointee. …
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Take that losers.
Well said.
Willing to bet Philly’s SWAT team wears masks.
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Other RAT-run States like California have tried this, and lost in the courts. What a waste of taxpayer money. A City or a State has no jurisdiction when it comes to rules for Federal employees working for Federal agencies.
They are wearing responsible covid masks.
of course it was unlawful.
anyone with half a brain knew that.
but it did what it was intended. Trump stopped.
Who is gonna enforce that? This is a city that was last to get rid of covid masks and then multiple times tried to reinstate it.
>>Willing to bet Philly’s SWAT team wears masks
Willing to bet Philly’s Antifa wear masks too.
Quisling cowards these administrators. We know they want to see faces so the ANTIFA crazy crowd can dox these employees.
Have these people forgotten the supremacy clause between the states and feds?
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