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July 31, 2021
I’m challenging the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate and International Traveler Testing Requirement in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Wall v. CDC). I’m also suing seven airlines for illegally discriminating against passengers with disabilities who can’t tolerate wearing face masks (Wall v. Southwest Airlines). Here’s media coverage of my two cases during July 2021:
Lucas Wall, plaintiff in the lawsuit Wall v. CDC seeking to strike down the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate, was on WWGH radio this morning for a 54-minute conversation about whether masks are effective and how airlines are discriminating against passengers with disabilities who can’t tolerate covering their faces. Great back and forth!
A fully vaccinated frequent traveler wants the U.S. District Court here to vacate what he argues is an illegal and unconstitutional mask mandate enforced by the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which operates the regional LYNX bus system.
Lucas Wall, 44, of Washington, D.C., filed a legal brief this evening against LYNX asserting numerous reasons why its mask policy must be found unlawful including that it violates the privacy clause of the Florida Constitution, an executive order banning mask mandates issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis, and a new state law that took effect July 1 allowing the governor to overrule any state or local governmental agency’s dictate for people to cover their faces. LYNX asked the court July 6 to dismiss the case.
A fully vaccinated frequent traveler unable to wear a mask wants the U.S. District Court here to vacate what he argues is an illegal and unconstitutional mask mandate enforced at Orlando International Airport (MCO).
Lucas Wall, 44, of Washington, D.C., filed a legal brief today against the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority asserting numerous reasons why its mask policy must be found unlawful including that it violates the privacy clause of the Florida Constitution, an executive order banning mask mandates issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis, and a new state law that took effect July 1 allowing the governor to overrule any state or local governmental agency’s dictate for people to cover their faces. GOAA asked the court June 21 to dismiss the case.
I appeared this morning on Ohio-based WWGH radio’s “Mid-Morning Coffee Break” talk show to discuss my lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Transportation Security Administration, President Joseph Biden, and other governmental agencies for illegally and unconstitutionally enforcing a Federal Transportation Mask Mandate and International Traveler Testing Requirement.
I talked the case, Wall v. CDC, at length with host Adam Lepp, and we explored how a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit enjoining CDC’s onerous COVID-19 rules for cruiseships is a major victory toward also getting the mask mandate and testing requirement vacated by the judiciary.
Yesterday’s spectacular news from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit enjoining the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention from enforcing its illegal Conditional Sailing Order – which imposes numerous onerous restrictions that have stopped most cruiseships from resuming operations – demonstrates the appellate courts are taking a dim view of CDC’s COVID-19 orders that are not authorized by Congress and violate the Constitution, federal laws, and regulations.
Combined with the Supreme Court’s decision last month signaling it would strike down any additional CDC Eviction Moratorium orders, this gives me great confidence the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate and International Traveler Testing Requirement will be the next CDC unlawful pandemic orders to be vacated by the judiciary.
Lucas Wall appeared today on “Code Wind Talk,” an online talk show advocating for the rights of people with disabilities, to discuss his lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Transportation Security Administration, President Joseph Biden, and five other governmental agencies seeking to immediately halt enforcement of the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate. Wall was denied boarding June 2 at Orlando International Airport for refusing to cover his face. He filed his lawsuit June 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando.
An advocacy group for health freedom and two Florida residents filed suit here last week against President Joseph Biden, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and others to vacate the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate. It’s at least the fourth lawsuit seeking judicial intervention to stop the forced muzzling of all passengers and transport workers nationwide.
Health Freedom Defense Fund, Ana Daza, and Sarah Pope challenge the validity of Biden’s Executive Order 13998 and the subsequent order issued by CDC requiring all transportation passengers and workers wear face masks (even those who are fully vaccinated and/or naturally immune against COVID-19). Their causes of action include those common to Wall v. CDC, another case in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
I received the bad news this evening that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas denied my emergency petition for a writ of injunction (Case 21A2) to block enforcement of the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate. It was a long shot to request Supreme Court intervention this early in a case, but of course it’s still disappointing Justice Thomas did not take a more in-depth look at the illegal and unconstitutional mask requirement.
The battle now returns to the U.S. District Court in Orlando, where sadly it will likely be a couple months before my lawsuit is decided on the merits. I remain optimistic I will win the case eventually, but it’s likely to take so much time that the government could repeal the mask mandate before the district judge issues a decision. For now, the federal government has prevailed in muzzling all travelers and banning tens of millions of Americans including myself who can’t tolerate having their face covered from using any form of public transportation.
The U.S. Supreme Court Clerk’s Office just informed Lucas Wall by telephone that his emergency application for a preliminary injunction to stop enforcement of the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate was docketed today, assigned Case No. 21A2, and sent to Justice Clarence Thomas for review.