A federal judge in Florida has declared the Biden Administration’s mask mandate for airplanes and other public transportation to be illegal.
The case was brought by the Health Freedom Defense Fund and two lead plaintiffs in July of 2021. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle agreed the mandate is unlawful, as it exceeds the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its implementation through agency rule making was also illegal.
The Biden Administration is likely to appeal, making it unclear how its agencies, such as the Transportation Security Administration, will proceed. This is a developing story.
