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| Above, yours truly aboard an Amtrak train in 2020. |
A Florida federal judge voided the public transportation mask mandate.
This is both a victory for limited government and the constitutional checks and balances the framers intended.
According to AOL News:
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, also said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improperly failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rulemaking.
In her 59-page ruling, Mizelle said the only remedy was to vacate the rule entirely across the country because it would be impossible to end it for the limited group of people who objected in the lawsuit.
The judge said “a limited remedy would be no remedy at all” and that the courts have full authority to make a decision such as this — even if the goals of the CDC in fighting the virus are laudable.
Since I have a trip coming up this year by airplane, this is definitely welcome news. I have flown when the wearing of masks were mandatory for the entire flight. Not fun!
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