Wed Apr 20, 2022 – 2:03 pm EDT ANALYSIS
(LifeSiteNews) — With the strike of a gavel, a federal court judge overturned the Biden Administration’s transportation mask mandate, which was about to be extended for two more weeks into May.
“Wearing a mask cleans nothing. At most, it traps virus droplets. But it neither ‘sanitizes’ the person wearing the mask nor ‘sanitizes’ the conveyance,” wrote U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in her April 18 ruling.
Mizelle said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) overstepped its authority under the Public Health Services Act, which allows the “inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation, pest extermination, destruction … and other measures” to protect the public.
Immediately after the ruling, multiple airlines announced they would no longer require masks on planes. Uber and Lyft, while private companies, followed suit by stating they would no longer require users and drivers to mask up during rides.
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday it will appeal the federal court’s ruling.
Pushing Legal Limits
The mask mandate had been the ire of the airlines, its employees, and passengers since President Joe Biden imposed it through executive order shortly after taking office. Masks
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