Let's take a look at the federal judge's ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency does not have the authority to tell people to wear masks on airplanes, so as to control and prevent COVID-19.
No, I will not be writing about the judge who issued this freak ruling. She is not the point her. Enough people are already talking about her, anyway.
The focus here is on how the Department of Justice has defended the CDC and the Mask Mandate on airplanes.
Briefly stated, they haven't.
Before we get into the weeds a little bit, only one thing about lawyers and lawsuits that you need to know first. I promise, this won't be complicated. The one thing to know here is that people who are sued, defendants like the CDC and other federal officials including President Biden in this case, defend themselves with an Answer to the Complaint against them.
That's it. Just like real life, when someone complains, you answer and defend yourself.
Except in this case, the Department of Justice didn't defend anyone or anything. They filed an Answer in the Court file, yes, but they did not raise any defenses.
They agreed that the people suing, the plaintiffs -- there were three, one individual who said she lives in Pinellas County (St. Pete), a second individual who said she lives in Hillsborough County (Tampa), and the third, a Wyoming corporation with headquarters in Idaho -- could amend their complaint.
And after they agreed, and after the plaintiffs filed their Amended Complaint, the Department of Justice did not answer it. The DOJ did nothing.
With this kind of legal representation, you have got to wonder about many things but there is clearly no doubt about one thing, and that's how this case ended up with a ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agency does not have the power to tell people to wear masks on airplanes in a pandemic.
And these are the people who are supposed to win the appeal?
The federal case in Tampa is Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden (M.D. Fla. No. 8:21-cv-01693).
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