.MaddowBlog: A Trump-appointed judge struck down a Covid-19 policy backed by public-health officials. This has now happened over and over and over again.
About a month after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created a mask mandate for travelers. As the pandemic continued, and the public dealt with Covid-19 variants, the CDC renewed the travel policy several times in the interest of public safety and preventing the spread of contagions.
As of yesterday afternoon, that policy is no more — not because public health officials decided it’s no longer necessary, but because a Republican-appointed judge in Florida decided to reject it. NBC NewsA federal judge Monday struck down the Biden administration’s mandate that masks be worn aboard planes, trains, buses and other public transportation, leading to an immediate change in policy for air travelers and many rail customers. U.S.
Soon after the district court ruling was issued, the White House said the “decision means CDC’s public transportation masking order is not in effect at this time.” Part of what makes the developments so striking is the judicial context: The ruling is having a dramatic effect on travelers in the United States, but just as notable is the judge who issued the order.
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. Donald Trump lost his re-election bid in early November 2020, but the Republicans continued to enjoy a majority in the Senate for another two months after the GOP president’s defeat. The party’s senators spent that time doing the one thing they knew exactly how to do: Republicans confirmed a bunch of conservative judicial nominees.as an attorney. She had, however, clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and was a member of the Federalist Society.
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