Mask Mandate Ruling Impacts Public Transportation
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed a federal court ruling that struck down a mask requirement for passengers on all public transportation after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that the mandate was necessary to protect the public from the spread of the coronavirus, according to The New York Times.
"The mandate had been in place since shortly after President Biden took office in January 2021, and was set to expire on April 18. But despite pressure from airlines, the hospitality industry and Republican lawmakers to lift the rule, the CDC. extended it until May 3 to give public health experts more time to assess whether it should be continued," writes Sheryl Gay Stolberg for The New York Times.
Justice Dept. Appeals to Reinstate Transportation Mask Mandate (Sheryl Gay Stolberg - The New York Times)
"It was not immediately clear whether the DOJ had asked for a stay of the ruling that the CDC overstepped its authority by imposing the mask rule," writes Steve Nelson and Samuel Chamberlain for the New York Post, but "if a stay is ordered, it would immediately force many airlines, airports, mass transit authorities and even Uber and Lyft to reimpose mandates days after making masks optional."
DOJ to appeal ruling striking down mask mandate after CDC gives OK (Steve Nelson & Samuel Chamberlain - New York Post)
"The decision by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rulemaking procedures that left it fatally flawed," writes Curt Anderson for AP.
Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel (Curt Anderson - AP)
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