After a federal judge struck down the transportation mask mandate, the Biden Administration has made clear they will comply and no longer enforce the rule.
The Transportation Security Administration will not enforce the mask mandate on public transportation after the court’s ruling, a Biden administration official said.
The administration is reviewing the court's ruling and hasn't publicly stated whether they will appeal. It is unlikely that they will resume enforcement after stopping it.
Each airline has the right to impose its own mask mandate. The Biden administration made masks on planes a federal rule at the end of January 2021.
Alaska Airlines stated that masks are optional. When the federal government dropped the mask mandate, American Airlines would do the same, according to the airline's chairman. I'm waiting to hear back from American on their plans.
The exact argument I have offered on this site for why CDC authority is not as broad as the administration claims is made in this opinion.
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Congress could have voted to give the CDC the power to vote on masks. It did not. The federal district court ruling may not be the end of the discussion, and the mandate will likely lapse and the case will be over before the end of the year.
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A passenger has filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida to strike down the federal mask mandate and the CDC requirement for a negative Covid-19 test when entering the country by air.
In airlines.
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