Thu Feb 17, 2022 – 4:30 pm EST
FORT WORTH, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against the Biden administration to stop the mask mandate in airports, airplanes, trains, and other “transportation hubs.” Paxton referred to the mandate as “silly” and “illegal” in a tweet on Wednesday.
The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court in Fort Worth, asks the judge to strike down the mask requirement that went into effect February 1, 2021, and was published officially in the Federal Register on February 3, 2021.
Defendants include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Paxton argues the CDC overstepped its regulatory authority when it issued the requirement. The Biden administration also ignored the requirement that the mandate be subject to a “notice and comment” period allowing people to submit feedback. Most regulations must go through a comment period, though the Biden administration has sometimes ignored this requirement.
The statutes cited by the CDC do not give it the power it claims, according to the federal complaint. “None of these statutes or regulations authorize
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