Fauci Suggests Judge Did Not Have Authority To Overturn Mask Mandate

Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested Thursday that a court did not have the authority to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mask mandate.

The comments from the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases come after a federal judge, appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled Monday that the mask requirement was “unlawful,” prompting a slew of airlines to drop their mask mandates.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said Monday in her ruling that the mandate “exceeded the CDC’s statutory authority, improperly invoked the good cause exception to notice and comment rulemaking, and failed to adequately explain its decisions.”