The United States Justice Department has filed a lawsuit versus the State of New Jersey to block a New Jersey law that bans law enforcement officers from wearing masks.

Law Enforcement Must Also Present Identification in New Jersey, Too

Which is ridiculous and blatant partisan politics. Can you believe that there is a New Jersey state law in effect that requires law enforcement to present identification before they can arrest or detain?

Same Lawmakers Don’t Support Identification In Order To Vote

Somehow they say that requiring ID to vote is “Jim Crow 2.0”

White House Lawsuit Has Been Filed In Newark, New Jersey Federal Court

The federal lawsuit against the state of New Jersey claims that the “New Jersey Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act” is an unconstitutional act by a state against the federal government.

NOTE: In February, 2026, a Federal Judge struck down a similar law in the state of California.

New Jersey Senator Vince Polistina

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I will be interviewing Senator Polistina live tomorrow at 8:05 a.m., on WPG Talk Radio 95.5 FM and I will be asking him to discuss this development.

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport

Is defending the New Jersey Law, saying:

To this day, the federal government still cannot explain when its officials need to mask or forgo identification in violation of this law, or why they actually need to do so, particularly given the serious safety concerns inherent in anomalous policing, said Davenport in a prepared statement.

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SOURCES: United States Attorney General’s Office & New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport.

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