{"id":1106098,"date":"2021-12-10T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T18:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106098"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T18:14:19","slug":"chief-justice-roberts-dismisses-emergency-challenge-to-air-travel-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-justice-roberts-dismisses-emergency-challenge-to-air-travel-mask-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Justice Roberts Dismisses Emergency Challenge to Air Travel Mask Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchief-justice-roberts-dismisses-emergency-challenge-to-air-travel-mask-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rsz_gettyimages-1232584598.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday denied an emergency challenge to the Biden administration&#8217;s mask mandate for air travel.<\/p>\n<p>The case concerns plaintiffs who say they cannot wear masks for medical reasons. Florida resident Michael Seklecki says he and his four-year-old have disabilities that have kept them from flying because of the mask mandate, and they&#8217;re joined in the suit against the Transportation Security Administration by Lucas Wall, a Washington, D.C., man.<\/p>\n<p>While the plaintiffs&#8217; attempt to immediately block the mandate failed following Roberts&#8217;s ruling, their challenge is ongoing in lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that the plaintiffs&#8217; case is unfounded, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>, because they have &#8220;not pursued an available procedure for obtaining medical exemptions&#8221; and because Congress authorized the TSA to establish mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs have disputed the government&#8217;s claims, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21A198\/203880\/20211202150957929_20211202-150431-95755245-00000244.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> they have made requests for mask exemptions from airlines and have been denied.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden issued the federal mask mandate for travel in the early days of his administration, and this month he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/transportation\/2021\/12\/02\/federal-mask-mandate-airplanes-extended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extended<\/a> the mandate through March 18.<\/p>\n<p>Courts have blocked some of the administration&#8217;s coronavirus mandates. A federal court on Wednesday temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/07\/us-court-temporarily-halts-bidens-vaccine-mandate-for-federal-contractors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">halted<\/a> Biden&#8217;s vaccine mandate for federal contractors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday denied an emergency challenge to the Biden administration&#8217;s mask mandate for air travel. 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