**Breaking** Effective Immediately FL must stop enforcing ban on masking mandates: new ruling

[hlthe2b]

Judge allows mask mandates to continue in Florida Public Schools--ruling against DeSantis.
Just announced on CNN, but they don't have a working link to the story yet on CNN.com

Here, though

https://www.wesh.com/article/judge-to-hear-appeal-on-ruling-about-florida-ban-of-mask-mandates-in-school/37509590


ORLANDO, Fla. —

A Florida judge ruled on Wednesday that Florida schools can issue mask mandates while Gov. Ron DeSantis' appeal plays out.

The Florida governor's executive order banning mask mandates at schools was back in court on Wednesday.

The governor is appealing a judge's ruling last month that said his order was unconstitutional.

DeSantis and his legal team are appealing an earlier ruling by a judge that gave school districts the ability to go against his order and impose mask mandates.

The judge decided on Wednesday that school districts will still have control over mask orders, while they wait on the appeal outcome.

Attorneys for the parents have also filed, so the school district can keep their authority to enforce masks in school until a further ruling is issued.

On edit: CNN's piece:
Florida judge allows mask mandates to continue in schools despite governor's appeal
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/us/florida-mask-mandate-schools/index.html

(CNN)Second Circuit Judge John Cooper has ruled against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appeal and is allowing Florida schools to continue to have mask mandates while the case is appealed at a higher level.
Effective immediately, the state of Florida must stop enforcement of banning mask mandates -- which ends sanctions against several school districts who have implemented such mandates.
DeSantis had appealed Cooper's earlier ruling that that stated the governor overreached and did not have the authority to ban school districts from implementing mask mandates without a parent opt-out.

That appeal led to an immediate pause on mask mandates while a ruling was made. Thirteen Florida school districts have now implemented a mask mandate without a parent opt out, defying an earlier executive order by the governor.

[SheltieLover]

1. I'm sure qpukes will judge shop...er, appeal

Ty!

[samsingh]

2. red state leaders really seem to want to kill their citizens

that's why they probably want babies to be born so they too can be killed by them

GOP - the death cult of grifters, big oil, and pedophiles

[njhoneybadger]

14. They are literally sacrificing children on the alters of "Individual rights" and Capitalism.

[NewJeffCT]

27. They're doing it for power

they know that the overall death & infection rates will be blamed on Biden if they're bad, so it will help them in elections later this year, next year and beyond.

[Snackshack]

30. Everything is going to be blamed...

On President Biden but the blame will not last for any longer then it takes to blame him. The facts are not going to go away. So if their end game is simply the biggest body count they can achieve it’s not going to work. Those facts in both FL & TX clearly show the responsibility lays at the feet of the Governors of both states for the unforgivable negligence they have governed by. At this point both of them should be charged with negligent homicide.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Welcome to DU

Enjoy your stay.

[Jim G.]

28. Cool Story Bro

[Solomon]

29. Yep. Enjoy your stay.

[Bleacher Creature]

3. I read the headline backwards at first, but this is good news. NT

[NJCher]

8. 'cuz it's a plethora of negatives

anything phrased in the negative decreases comprehension by 35%, communication studies show.

Effective Immediately FL must stop enforcing ban on masking mandates: new ruling

the negatives are: stop

ban

Ban is no. A no on what? In this case, you'd have to be up to date on Florida politics to know.

What would be a good headline?

Here's one I wrote:

Judge Rules Florida Schools Can Require Maskwearing

Subhead: Ruling in Effect Until Courts Review Case


Here are the headlines at the links:

Judge rules that Florida schools can issue mask mandates while DeSantis' appeal plays out

Fairly clear, but clumsy and too long.

Florida judge allows school mask mandates to continue despite governor's appeal

This headline and the first one require the reader to know what "mandate" means (a lot of people don't know) and also one has to be current on what mandate.

DeathSentence has been throwing mandates around like candy at a kid's party.

Anyway, regardless of the headline, I'm just happy to hear the news. Enough with the death already, DeathSentence.

[Jetheels]

11. I'm noticing so many headlines have, as you say, a plethora of negatives in the headline.

Never seen this trend like what’s going on recently.
Some have so many negatives I can’t understand what there trying to say.
Also, I notice articles that don’t address the headline until many paragraphs down, which is why I prefer articles with comment sections, which are often better written and more informative than the actual article.

[calimary]

31. That's a REALLY good point, NJCher.

I like your headline construction much better. The other way is too convoluted.

[Jon King]

4. Private schools can mandate masks.

No way a governor can selectively order public schools to mandate masks, while private schools can protect their students. Local school boards control their districts. Desantis must be fought in court every step of the way. No way his no mask mandate rule is legal.

[PortTack]

9. His kids go to private schools where masks are mandated

[Liberty Belle]

5. Good. Miami Dade School District just had 12 employees die of COVID, mostly bus drivers & teachers.

I heard this on NPR this morning, tragic.

Superintendent was upset they weren't allowed to require vaccinations.

[Lonestarblue]

6. People who are vaccinated don't generally die of Covid.

My guess is that these people were not vaccinates. The question is why. If you know you will be in contact with hundreds of potential virus spreaders, many of whom cannot yet be vaccinated, why would you not protect yourself with the vaccine. What has happened to common sense in this country?

[Jon King]

7. They said every one of them was unvaccinated.

It is what it is.

[alphafemale]

10. Death Santis will appeal this to the Supreme court I imagine.

Who knows how the trumpety death panel will rule.

[malaise]

12. Time to clip DeathSentence's wings

He should be locked up for crimes against humanity

[Texaswitchy]

15. How many pregnant women have died.

Or will die.

Abortion by virus.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. Let me understand this because my right brain isn't getting it. A judge needs to say NO to PREVENT

an Order issued by a "Governor" to PREVENT people from wearing a simple mask which is proven to PREVENT (or at least minimize) getting infected during a fucking global pandemic. This is so sociopathic I really wonder where we are going to end up. And those who have paid attention know full well, who ultimately brought this sociopathy on us all.

[spanone]

17. It's the Twilight Zone...literally

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Yeah agreed. If we are equaling the really scary B&W Rod Serling-narrated series, we are in deep.

[Texaswitchy]

19. Yes

We are.

Rod was ahead of his time.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Deathsantis loses another lawsuit

[cstanleytech]

21. The Republicans plan is clear. They are working to make the pandemic worse on purpose in order to

try and hurt the Democrats as well as Biden in the next two rounds of elections because the only thing they care about is gaining more political power at any cost.

[AngryOldDem]

33. And they're killing off a lot of their base in the process.

Damn stupid strategy, if you ask me.

[cstanleytech]

34. To them it's a negligible loss if it gives them what they want.

[Champp]

25. Hey Republicans: Stop killing Floridians

and other Americans with your bullshit propaganda and lies.

[BeckyDem]

32. +1. I love sanity, I love the judge.