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FL Judge Overturns CDC Public Transportation Mask Mandate

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4 weeks ago

April 19, 2022

Team Terrell

Breaking Monday, a Florida federal judge has overturned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate for public transit, voiding the measure. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who was appointed by former President Trump in 2020, determined the CDC had overstepped its authority in the mandate.

The ruling comes just days after the CDC extended the mandate for public transportation an additional two weeks, through May 3. The CDC said it extended the period in order to give itself time to assess the situation in the rise of Covid infections and if hospitalization rates would be affected.

Judge Mizelle said the CDC failed to explain the reasoning behind its decisions on the mask mandate, which in effect meant it had violated procedures federal agencies must adhere to in order to issue rules.

CNBC reported:

The Health Freedom Defense Fund, a group that opposes public health mandates, and two individuals who argued that wearing masks while flying exacerbated their anxiety and panic attacks first filed the lawsuit against the Biden administration in July 2021.

Legal

Florida Gov Signs Law Making It Illegal To Protest Outside An Individual’s Home

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19 mins ago

May 17, 2022

Leo Terrell Staff

On Monday, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that makes it a crime to protest outside an individual’s home.

“Sending unruly mobs to private residences, like we have seen with the angry crowds in front of the homes of Supreme Court justices, is inappropriate,” DeSantis said. “This bill will provide protection to those living in residential communities and I am glad to sign it into law.”

The law will go into effect on October 1, and once “this law takes effect, law enforcement officers will provide a warning to any person picketing or protesting outside of a dwelling and will make arrests for residential picketing only if the person does not peaceably disperse after the warning. Residential picketing will be punishable as a second-degree misdemeanor,” DeSantis’ office explained.

“It is unlawful for a person to picket or protest before or about the dwelling of any person with the intent to harass or disturb that person in his or her dwelling,” the text of the bill says. “Before a person may be arrested for a violation of this section, a law enforcement officer… or a local, state, federal, or military law enforcement agency must go as near to the person as may be done with safety and shall command any person picketing or protesting before or about the dwelling of a person to immediately and peaceably disperse. If any such person does not thereupon immediately and peaceably disperse, he or she may be arrested for a violation of this section.”

The new law comes in response to leftist protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices following the leak of a draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico.

“Roughly 100 protesters appeared outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house, where they carried signs and chanted slogans before walking a half-mile to Chief Justice John Roberts’s home, then back to Kavanaugh’s home, where police ordered them to leave the area,” The Washington Examiner reported last week.

Nation

Pelosi Snaps When Asked About Baby Formula Shortage

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1 day ago

May 16, 2022

Leo Terrell Staff

On Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) snapped when asked about comments from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who criticized President Biden’s decision to send baby formula to the southern border as the United States suffers from a baby formula shortage.

“Joe Biden continues to put America LAST by shipping pallets of baby formula to the southern border as American families face empty shelves,” Stefanik wrote on Twitter. “This is unacceptable. American mothers and their babies shouldn’t suffer because of the #BidenBorderCrisis.”

Joe Biden continues to put America LAST by shipping pallets of baby formula to the southern border as American families face empty shelves.

This is unacceptable.

American mothers and their babies shouldn’t suffer because of the #BidenBorderCrisis.https://t.co/zgWHz84lkZ

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) May 13, 2022

Pelosi was asked about Stefanik’s comments during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.”

“As usual, her statement is totally irresponsible,” Pelosi said. “Babies are crying. We need to get them food. And the president has — now what we’re doing this week in the Congress is, again, Bobby Scott, chair of the Education and Labor Committee, that’s the jurisdiction that will lower some of the regulations, et cetera, so that it’s easier to buy it… We must do something as quickly as possible, but as safely as possible, and use caution, for these babies. But we have to move quickly to do that. And part of this is, again, the supply chain issue.”

Stefanik responded to Pelosi on Twitter, writing: “As usual, your LEADERSHIP is totally irresponsible. Babies are crying. We need to get them food.”

For the lame duck Speaker:

Right back at you👇

“As usual, your LEADERSHIP is totally irresponsible. Babies are crying. We need to get them food.”

House Republicans have been leading on this issue while Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi have been silent & asleep at the switch.

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 15, 2022