Posted on 04/18/2022 11:42:28 AM PDT by Rummyfan
A federal judge in Florida voided the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate for airports, planes and other forms of travel Monday, saying the agency overstepped its authority.
US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the CDC did not properly explain its decision last week to extend the mandate for another 15 days after it was originally set to expire Monday.
“Because ‘our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in the pursuit of desirable ends,’ the court declares unlawful and vacates the mask mandate,” Mizelle wrote in her decision.
The judge sent the order back to the CDC “for further proceedings.”
The CDC announced last week that it was going to extend the mask mandate on public transportation until May 3, citing an uptick in coronavirus cases and claiming it needed more time to examine the BA.2 Omicron subvariant.
“Since early April, there have been increases in the 7-day moving average of cases in the U.S.,” the CDC said in a statement shared on social media. “In order to assess the potential impact of the rise of hospitalizations and deaths, and health care system capacity, the CDC Order will remain in place at this time.”
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Hooray is right! I’m booked on a flight from CA to Amsterdam on April 29th and was NOT looking forward to wearing a mask the whole way. Hope this stands.
Screeching to ensue
A higher court (run by an Obama appointed judge) will put a stay on this opinion. I’ll take bets now.
How about an analogous recision for the requirement to have passengers be taxed for and present a document “proving” a negative COVID test result (within the last 24 or 72 hours)?
Those tests have notably shown a high percentage of false positives and the results for it have demonstrated a poor correlate to actual COVID infection.
I’m in Spain and did not have to do the authorization. That is gone. The US seems to be the only holdouts.
Well, as the saying goes, there's a sucker born every minute, but I'm not one of them. So, I won't be taking that bet :-)
The Biden administration will tell the airlines to ignore the judge’s order and they’ll comply.
It only took them 2 years to get it right. Sheesh.
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