Supreme Court Asked in Emergency Application to Lift Air Travel Mask Mandate

Supreme Court Asked in Emergency Application to Lift Air Travel Mask Mandate
Air travelers wear face masks waiting to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Oakland International airport in Oakland, Calif., on April 9, 2020. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Matthew Vadum
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A passenger prevented from boarding a Southwest Airlines flight has filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court seeking a preliminary injunction against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over its mandate requiring travelers to wear face coverings.

“This is an authoritarian policy that has no basis in law and has to come to an end,” Washington resident Lucas Wall told The Epoch Times in an interview.