{"id":1452754,"date":"2022-04-25T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452754"},"modified":"2022-04-25T12:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:14:41","slug":"exclusive-senator-ernst-calls-on-biden-administration-not-to-appeal-travel-mask-mandate-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-senator-ernst-calls-on-biden-administration-not-to-appeal-travel-mask-mandate-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Senator Ernst Calls On Biden Administration Not To Appeal Travel Mask Mandate Ruling"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fexclusive-senator-ernst-calls-on-biden-administration-not-to-appeal-travel-mask-mandate-ruling%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=1452754&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><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is writing to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ask it not to appeal a court ruling which struck down the nationwide travel mask mandate last week.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Justice reportedly plans to appeal a decision from a Florida judge, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/18\/public-transportation-mask-mandate-covid-coronavirus-overturned-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last week ruled<\/a> that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not have the authority to impose a mask mandate on public transportation. Ernst calls the mandate \u201coverly burdensome\u201d and \u201cinconsistent\u201d with the repeal of local and state mask mandates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/571503421\/Letter-to-Doj-on-Mask-Mandate-Appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a letter<\/a> to the DOJ first obtained by the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOftentimes, travelers are able to decide whether to wear face masks while at their originating site, and destination,<br \/>and are only forced to wear face masks while traveling between the two,\u201d Ernst writes. \u201cMoreover, President Biden recognized the legitimacy of the District Court\u2019s ruling by commenting that it is now \u201cup to [travelers]\u201d to decide whether or not to wear a face mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Letter to Doj on Mask Mandate Appeal on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/571503421\/Letter-to-Doj-on-Mask-Mandate-Appeal#from_embed\">Letter to Doj on Mask Mandate Appeal<\/a> by <a title=\"View Dylan Housman&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/570000794\/Dylan-Housman#from_embed\">Dylan Housman<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs cities across the United States continue to fully reopen, I respectfully request that the Biden Administration withdraw their appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ernst also requested a written response within 30 days to Congress to questions regarding the effectiveness of the mask mandate as well as the criteria used to keep it in place. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/20\/corporate-media-mask-mandate-travel-transportation-covid-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Corporate Media Goes Into Full Panic Mode After Travel Mask Mandate Ends)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iowa Republican isn\u2019t the only senator to point out inconsistencies surrounding the mask mandate. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/14\/kyrsten-sinema-title-42-mask-mandate-transportation-cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elected officials in both parties<\/a> have pointed out that the Biden administration is continuing to enforce pandemic policies in areas like transportation, while ending them at the southern border with the end of Title 42 enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially unclear whether or not the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/18\/joe-biden-administration-public-transportation-masking-order-not-in-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden administration<\/a> would challenge the ruling from Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump appointee in Florida\u2019s middle district court. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top medical advisor to the president, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/21\/anthony-fauci-mask-mandate-travel-planes-transportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said that the judicial system<\/a> had no place in reining in the CDC, and that whether a mask mandate was actually legal was immaterial because the issue is about public health.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Iowa Sen. 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