On Sunday, as kids across Bexar County in Texas were picking out their first day of school outfits and packing their backpacks, the Texas Supreme Court struck down a restraining order that had banned mask mandates in schools, a ban created by an executive order…
Wisconsin’s mask requirement still stands, for now at least, after the state’s legislature almost ended Gov. Tony Evers’ emergency health declaration Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The State Senate already voted on Tuesday to end the order and mask requirement, and the Assembly…
This article was updated Feb. 5, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days to slow the spread of COVID-19. This would be the first attempt to have a cohesive mask-wearing plan across the country. It’s a plan.…
Twitter is awash with examples of people refusing to wear face masks in stores, businesses posting signs flouting local mask mandates and patrons sporting badges with legal-ese claiming they’re exempt from mask-wearing. But the law is largely on the side of the mandates.
The current controversy over the right to not wear a face mask is just the latest battle over government safety mandates.