Nearly two dozen Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Tuesday afternoon, opposing existing mask mandates on federal transportation.
In a lawsuit filed by 20 states, the attorney general argues that the Centers for Disease Control overstepped its pandemic authority and failed to provide adequate comment periods before enacting or extending mask mandates. They also detail that Americans have suffered as a result of the implementation and that enforcement is arbitrary and capricious.
“The order allows you to remove your mask for a certain short period of time, such as when eating or drinking, if you are unconscious (but not while sleeping), and when wearing an oxygen mask on an airplane,” he added. lawsuit states. “Violations of the mandate will attract “criminal sanctions,” although the CDC announced that it “does not intend to rely primarily on these criminal penalties” because it “anticipates widespread voluntary compliance.”
The plaintiffs requests the following issues from the United States District Court in Tampa:
a) Declare it unlawful and repeal the mask mandate.
b) Issue a lasting injunction restraining the Defendants from enforcing the law
mask mandate.
c) Issue a declaratory order declaring that the mask mandate is unlawful.
d) Award plaintiff’s costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
e) Grant such other relief as the Court considers just and equitable.
“The CDC’s mask mandate on public transportation, as it is for air travel, is scientifically unnecessary at this stage of the pandemic. “The CDC’s mask mandate on public transportation is not only an example of an overreach of federal authority, but is also out of date because states across the country have lifted mask mandates in other aspects of daily life,” Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said in a statement about the lawsuit.
On Tuesday afternoon, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis learned about the lawsuit.
Governor DeSantis Announces Lawsuit Against Biden Administration Continued Transportation Mask Mandate. https://t.co/tiu5F1NaGA
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 29, 2022
Arizona, Utah, Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia have joined the lawsuit.
