Category: florida mask mandate

Florida Judge Sets Aside Automatic Stay, Allowing Schools Mask Mandates to Continue

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—On Wednesday morning, Second District Court Judge John Cooper heard arguments from both sides over an automatic stay on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s executive order that allows parents to opt out of school districts mask mandates. The judge ruled to set aside the stay, allowing schools to continue to mandate facial coverings for students,…


Florida Attorney General to Defiant School Boards: Change Your Mask Policies

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued an advisory opinion on Sept. 3 on whether school districts could legally depart from state law and emergency rules to require children to wear masks in school. The opinion was in response to an inquiry from the Suwannee County School District as to whether the district could…


DeSantis to Appeal After Judge Rules Executive Order Unconstitutional

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.— Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to appeal after a judge ruled that his executive order to block school mask mandates is unconstitutional. Leon County Judge John Cooper ruled on Friday that the state could not sanction local school boards that require masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, namely the Delta variant, on school property….


Facts Matter (Aug. 21): NIH Director Admits School Mask Mandates Enforced on Children Are Not Based on COVID-19 Data

A new report found that, in the 2020 election, almost 15 million mail-in ballots were unaccounted for—meaning that their whereabouts are deemed “unknown” by election officials. Meanwhile, four days ago, the director of the National Institute of Health (NIH) said during an interview that the reason kids are being forced to wear masks in school…