Published September 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM ET · Updated September 30, 2026 at 9:16 PM ET
Newsom targets ICE with shock-glove ban, job blacklist; feds tell agents to ignore it
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Gov. Newsom has moved to target ICE with a ban on shock gloves and a job blacklist. Federal officials told ICE agents to ignore the measures.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Arizona v. United States held that state laws standing as obstacles to the federal removal system are preempted, because removal discretion vests in federal officials. Printz v. United States bars federal conscription of state officers; it does not bless state rules aimed at federal agents. California's shock glove ban and job blacklist target ICE work directly and so face serious preemption problems.
Arizona v. United States 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
Vote: 5-3 (Kagan, J., took no part) · Opinion: Kennedy
Three SB 1070 provisions are preempted: §3 (state crime for failure to carry federal alien-registration documents — field preemption; the federal registration scheme occupies the field), §5(C) (state crime for unauthorized aliens seeking or performing work — conflict/obstacle preemption; Congress deliberately chose employer sanctions, not worker criminalization, in IRCA), and §6 (warrantless state arrests of aliens believed removable — obstacle to the federal removal system, which vests removal discretion in federal officials).
Printz v. United States 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
Vote: 5-4 · Opinion: Scalia
The federal government may not compel state or local executive officers to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program. The Brady Act's interim command that county sheriffs (CLEOs) conduct background checks on handgun purchasers — and the companion duty to accept Brady Forms from dealers — is unconstitutional, extending New York's anti-commandeering rule from state legislatures to state executive officers. Congress cannot circumvent the prohibition by conscripting the states' officers directly, regardless of how minimal the burden or how important the federal policy.
Precedent facts from the PW Law Library — primary-source verified & independently audited
