On Monday, the Supreme Court left in place a ruling ordering the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to enforce masking orders on planes, trains and other modes of transportation, as it had done for more than a year at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. pandemic. .
The Supreme Court rejected a California attorney’s request to overturn a U. S. Court of Appeals ruling. The U. S. Department of Transportation in the U. S. Circuit D. C. de December found no basis for its request and claimed that the TSA has the authority for safety and security in the transportation system. , adding to enforce the masking requirement.
California attorney Jonathan Corbett had argued that the TSA did not have the strength to impose masks on airlines and other types of transportation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Court of Appeals disagreed, ruling that the firm “clearly has the strength” to ensure that the safety and security of the transport.
“Because we found no basis for Corbett’s request, we reject the review move,” the court wrote. They’ve been at this for decades. “
The TSA stopped enforcing the mask order in April, hours after a federal ruling struck down the federal mask mask order for public transportation, which was due to expire weeks later.
The mask mandate had been a source of contention between the government and the airlines. In March of this year, leading executives from the seven U. S. airlines (Alaska, American, Delta, Hawaiian, JetBlue, United and Southwest) called on President Biden to end the mask term and eliminate the departure prerequisite for foreign travelers coming to the United States.
The U. S. tourism industry The U. S. has long claimed that frictions, such as mask mandates and testing, are bad for its business. “ers and industry workers, another step towards controlling the Covid pandemic,” said Tori Emerson Barnes, executive vice president of public affairs and policy at the U. S. UU. Travel Association, when the mandate was eliminated, “pre-departure testing for incoming vaccinated foreign passengers, discouraging and providing limited public fitness benefits. “
Since the mandate was abandoned, some travelers chose to stay with the mask on. In April, when the mandate fell, six in 10 Americans (60%) supported the extension of the mask mandate, according to The Harris Poll’s Covid-19 tracking survey. The following month, a Pew Research Center survey found a similar majority before mask wearing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to propose that other people wear masks on national public transportation, such as airports.