A US federal appeals court on Wednesday removed a preliminary injunction that restricted federal agents’ use of force against protestors in the Chicago area.

The panel held that the lower court order was “overbroad” and impractical, writing:

In no uncertain terms, the district court’s order enjoins an expansive range of defendants, including the President of the United States, the entire Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, and anyone acting in concert with them. The practical effect is to enjoin all law enforcement officers within the Executive Branch…the district court’s order is too prescriptive…in a way that resembles a federal regulation.

Plaintiffs, a group of journalist organizations and individual protestors, sued the Trump administration in October after the Depart

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