One congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) is misinterpreting the statute it’s citing as it appeals a decision from a federal judge that says the government exceeded its authority by imposing mask mandates on public transportation.
On April 18, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) exceeded its authority when it put a mandate in place for mask wearing on buses, planes and the like in February 2021. Mizelle also ruled the CDC violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because it didn’t give notice before moving forward with the mandate.
