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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 12:53 PM Aug 2021

Mask mandates are not unconstitutional, the DOJ says in a blistering 157-page rebuttal to a man who

who sued the CDC and 7 airlines

The US government has defended the legality of its mask mandates, filing a point-by-point rebuttal against a complaint in Florida that said such mandates were unconstitutional.

This week's filing appeared to be the first time the government laid out a lengthy legal defense against claims that mask mandates put in place during the pandemic were illegal.

The filing included 88 pages of rebuttals and another 70 pages of exhibits. It was filed by high-level government officials, including Brian M. Boynton, acting assistant attorney general.

Lucas Wall, a frequent flyer who said he cannot wear a mask because of a medical condition, in June sued the CDC, President Joe Biden, and a handful of other federal agencies. He also sued seven airlines.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mask-mandates-are-not-unconstitutional-the-doj-says-in-a-blistering-157-page-rebuttal-to-a-man-who-sued-the-cdc-and-7-airlines/ar-AANjd7R
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Mask mandates are not unconstitutional, the DOJ says in a blistering 157-page rebuttal to a man who (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP
If that dude is so medical condition-y he can't wear a sterile mask... Hugin Aug 2021 #1
I'm Going With Simple ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #2
I concur. Hugin Aug 2021 #5
I hope that they make him pay every dime of legal fees incurred because of his nonsense... SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #3
Ohh look, grownups are back in charge Hekate Aug 2021 #4
Not being able to wear a mask because of a medical condition is simply bullshit. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #6
Tantrumitus is a well known condition known by all medical parents sanatanadharma Aug 2021 #7

Hugin

(33,164 posts)
1. If that dude is so medical condition-y he can't wear a sterile mask...
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 12:56 PM
Aug 2021

He maybe shouldn't be flying in the first place.

I'm no doctor, but, it doesn't seem prudent.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
2. I'm Going With Simple
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 01:10 PM
Aug 2021

He is lying about his medical condition.
He's an anti-masker, so also being a liar seems quite congruent.

Hugin

(33,164 posts)
5. I concur.
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 02:17 PM
Aug 2021

Spurious claim which unfortunately has to undergo due diligence in our system. There should be consequences for wasting resources on premeditated misuse of the judicial system.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)
6. Not being able to wear a mask because of a medical condition is simply bullshit.
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 02:27 PM
Aug 2021

Right up there with emotional support peacocks.

As has already been said, if he can't wear a mask, he has no business flying in the first place.

sanatanadharma

(3,707 posts)
7. Tantrumitus is a well known condition known by all medical parents
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 02:46 PM
Aug 2021

Though long studied, no one has yet come up with a plausible explanation of 'tantrumitus'.

Symptoms seem to come on suddenly and include red face, loud voice, at times meaningless babble.
Too often the vocal braying is followed by physical flaying. In extreme cases the sickened seek death rather than depth.

Some suggest tantrumitus is a systematic allergy condition wherein the self becomes inflamed by its own ego.

The affected experience extremely subjective dissociative identity issues.
Tantrumius is not contagious though some studies suggest the dis-ease is spread by words.
Nonetheless others around are at times injured when the afflicted are triggered by masked phantoms of the mind.

It is sad to be owned by the ego.

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