Tue Apr 19, 2022 – 1:07 pm EDTTue Apr 19, 2022 – 1:50 pm EDT
TAMPA, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Americans will no longer be required to wear masks on airplanes thanks to a ruling handed down Monday by a Florida-based federal judge.
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump-appointee who previously clerked for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, struck down the CDC mask mandate for public transportation on April 18, calling the controversial rule “unlawful.”
“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 59-page ruling, which voided the mandate just days after the CDC had elected to extend it for another 15 days.
I encourage everyone to read US District Judge Kathryn Mizelle’s 59-page ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in striking down the federal transit mask mandate. It’s thoughtful and evidence-based: https://t.co/RiFYxdUCGc @DrJBhattacharya @adamcarolla @ZDoggMD @afshineemrani
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) April 18, 2022
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The district court judge’s decision came in response to a lawsuit
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