Republican Congressman Thomas Massie is vowing to slap the Biden administration with a new lawsuit if President Joe Biden decides to reimpose mask mandates for federal buildings, air travel, train commutes and more through "CDC guidance."
Spoke with my lawyer today: if Biden reinstates the federal mask mandate on airplanes, I’ll refile our lawsuit immediately.https://t.co/8QOLgdWnHB
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 7, 2023
In March 2022, Massie and sixteen other Republican Congressmen filed a lawsuit to end the Biden administration's mask mandate.
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the legal authority to force people traveling on commercial airlines to wear masks," Massie said at the time. "Congress never passed a law requiring masks on commercial flights. This lawsuit targets the faceless bureaucrats who are behind the CDC's unscientific regulation so that this illegal mask mandate can be brought to a permanent end."
On April 19, 2022, the mandate was struck down by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, but later vacated after President Biden declared the pandemic was over.
Unfortunately, the 11th Circuit already vacated her ruling. In June, they declared it "moot" and dismissed the entire case. Their flawed reasoning was that since the covid emergency was over, there was no reason to think any mandates would be coming back.
— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) September 5, 2023
The Plaintiffs…
Just this week President Joe Biden has been wearing mask, despite not having the virus and contrary to new studies that show masking doesn't work to prevent the spread of the disease. First Lady Jill Biden tested positive earlier this week. The White House is also suggesting children be masked at school despite devastating effects of masking on learning development.
"[CDC guidance for universal indoor masking for kids in schools] seems out of step with some of the studies on the usefulness of masks for kids ... should we keep funding these studies if the CDC is not making guidance that follows the results of those studies?"
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 6, 2023
KARINE… pic.twitter.com/kcswfQrdnY
BIDEN: “Don’t tell them I didn’t have [a mask] on when I walked in!” pic.twitter.com/V3l3cbUVvw
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 6, 2023
Masking did nothing for the 276,000 participants in randomized trials or cluster RCTs. The Cochrane review is now being criticized simply because some people do not like the results--but that's not how science works. 1/2https://t.co/XV9lMstozp
— Marty Makary MD, MPH (@MartyMakary) September 6, 2023