Supreme Court Leaves TSA Mask Mandate Ruling in Place

 The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Oct. 31, leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to require the wearing of masks on airplanes, trains, and buses during the COVID-19 pandemic as a legal precedent that the government may rely upon in the future

The D.C. Circuit Court's ruling was correct because it recognized TSA was acting within its statutory authority and its actions were aimed at addressing the threats to transportation posed by COVID-19.

• The high court refused to take up the petition filed in Corbett v. TSA (court file 22-33), without explaining why.

The TSA’s authority under the federal Aviation and Transportation Security Act was limited to developing policies and directives aimed at guarding against violent attacks on transportation infrastructure

• The statute did not empower TSA to do things like require mask-wearing to protect public health
• If Congress wanted to limit the reach of the TSA it could have done so, but instead it “selected broad language in its mandate to the agency”

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