Earlier this week, a Trump-era-appointed federal judge abolished the mask mandate that forced travelers to wear a mask on airplanes. When the news broke out late Tuesday evening, there were cheers all across the country as people who were traveling ripped off their masks to breathe fresh air.
However, these control freaks on the left are not willing to let this go without a fight.
After all, they have loved the power that they have been able to wield over the American people, why would they want to give that up?
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has now stated that if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) thinks it essential, it will appeal a verdict that abolished the COVID-19 mask mandates for public transit in the US.
And, guess what?
They are going to do just that.
JUST IN – CDC has requested the Department of Justice to appeal and reinstate the mask mandate on trains and planes.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 20, 2022
NEW (CNN) — The CDC has formally requested the Department of Justice to **appeal** mask mandate ruling, bringing masks back to transit nationwide.
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) April 20, 2022
NEW: The CDC has just requested that the Justice Department proceed with an appeal of the ruling this week that lifted a travel mask mandate. Per CDC, “masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health."https://t.co/eW8xKzMHEF
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) April 20, 2022
Is anyone at all surprised by this?
Attorney General Eric Holder claimed the federal mask order was “a legal exercise of authority Congress has given CDC to protect public health” in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday, one day after it was overturned by a judge in Florida. “The Department will continue to work tirelessly to protect and preserve this essential authority.”
In response to a statement from the CDC, Coley said the Justice Department would submit an appeal if the agency believed a mandate was required for public health.
The last major federal pandemic law was thrown out after a federal judge decided to throw out the mask requirement on public transit, leading to a jumble of new locally developed restrictions reflecting the nation’s persistent divide about how to fight the infection.
US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa ruled that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had overstepped its authority in issuing the original health order that formed the basis for the TSA instruction. Moreover, she argued that the CDC had not followed proper rulemaking procedures when it issued the directive, which she said was fatally flawed.
From CNBC:
“CDC believes this is a lawful order, well within CDC’s legal authority to protect public health. CDC continues to recommend that people wear masks in all indoor public transportation settings,” the agency wrote in a statement adding that it will continue to monitor public health conditions to “determine whether such an order remains necessary.”
The Department of Justice said in a statement that it filed a notice of appeal in the case involving Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., et al., versus Biden, et al.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled in that case that the mask mandate on planes and other forms of public transportation was unlawful. The CDC’s mask mandate, which was put in place to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, was enacted in February 2021 and extended to May 3.
The new appeal is largely expected to have no immediate effect given that the Justice Department has not yet made an attempt to block Mizelle’s order. The appeal process is slated to unfold over a number of months.
COVID-19 caused the public health agency to march on an unprecedented power trip bark orders at Americans.
The CDC never had this authority, and it’s an egregious violation of constitutional rights.
