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'UNLAWFUL': Trump Judge Slaps Down Biden's CDC Mask Mandate

Paula Bolyard : Apr 19, 2022
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"Passengers on one Delta flight erupted into cheers when a flight attendant announced they no longer needed to wear their masks." -noted CBN News

[PJMedia.com] A federal judge in Florida on Monday struck down the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) federal mask mandate for public transportation, granting summary judgment to the Health Freedom Defense Fund Inc., which had challenged the mandate. (Screengrab image)

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, ruled that the mandate "exceeded the CDC's statutory authority, improperly invoked the good cause exception to notice and comment rulemaking, and failed to adequately explain its decisions." Therefore, Mizelle wrote, "the Court declares unlawful and vacates the Mask Mandate."

As a result, the judge remanded the mandate back to the CDC for "further proceedings consistent with this order."

It's not clear when the CDC will lift the mandate, but I wouldn't be surprised if people using public transportation begin taking advantage of the ruling immediately and tossing their masks. I flew out of Orlando the day after Biden announced at his State of the Union address that it was time to end the mask mandate for public transportation. About one-third of the travelers I saw that day were not wearing masks in the airport... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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