Even If the CDC's Mask Mandate Made Sense, That Would Not Make It Legal
The decision against the rule hinged on whether the agency had the power it asserted.
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CDC Removes All Countries From COVID-19 'Do Not Travel' List
Though travel isn't completely back to normal, this change is an overdue acknowledgment that we can't always view COVID-19 transmission as catastrophic.
Federal Court Rules Against CDC Transportation Mask Mandate
The decision holds that the CDC exceeded its legal authority. But it may be vulnerable to reversal on appeal.
Florida Judge Declares CDC's Federal Travel Mask Mandate 'Unlawful' and Vacates It
"Our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends," writes Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle.
Tax Day Is Here, Because Government Bungling Won't Pay for Itself
If you resent government incompetence and malice, maybe your devalued dollars will buy less of it.
The CDC Extends Its Mask Mandate on Planes, Trains, and Buses…Again
Plus: Elon Musk offers to buy all of Twitter, China's "zero COVID" policy is reaching its limits, and more...
The CDC Should Admit Its Errors To Regain Trust
The CDC thinks a monthlong review of COVID policies will be sufficient to redress their errors.
Extending the Mask Mandate for Air Travel 'Absolutely on the Table' Says White House COVID-19 Czar
"I know the CDC is working to develop a scientific framework," says Ashish K. Jha
Biden Administration Will Lift Title 42 Order Used To Expel Migrants
The controversial public health order will finally meet its end after U.S. immigration officials used it to carry out 1.7 million expulsions.
Biden May End Title 42 "Public Health" Expulsions of Migrants [Updated]
The policy caused immense suffering, in exchange for meager public health benefits, if any at all. Its history undercuts the case for granting broad powers and judicial deference to the CDC.
America's Post-Pandemic Reopening Is Passing Public Transportation By
Ridership is dismally depressed and a federal mask mandate for straphangers remains stubbornly in place.
21 States File Lawsuit Against CDC Mask Mandate For Public Transportation
The lawsuit raises some of the same issues as earlier successful challenges against the CDC's eviction moratorium. But, in this case, the federal government has a stronger legal rationale for its policies.
My New Article on "Nondelegation Limits on COVID Emergency Powers: Lessons from the Eviction Moratorium and Title 42 Cases"
The eviction moratorium and Title 42 "public health" expulsion cases have many parallels that may have been ignored because of their differing ideological valence. Both strengthen the case for nondeferential judicial review of the exercise of emergency powers.
CDC To Stop Using COVID as Excuse To Expel Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors
There are no public health gains from booting kids out of the country.
The TSA's Mask Mandate Is Just As Logical As All Its Other Arbitrary Impositions
The same agency that brought us security theater continues to enforce a rule that never made sense.
DC Circuit Issues Mixed Decision in Title 42 "Public Health" Expulsion Case
The court ruled the CDC can continue to use its public health power to expel migrants, but not to countries where they are likely to face persecution or torture.
Why Can't the CDC Tell the Truth About Smoking and Vaping by Teenagers?
The agency ignores downward trends in both kinds of nicotine use and obscures the huge difference in the hazards they pose.
Vivek Murthy's Demand for Data on COVID 'Misinformation' Is Part of a Creepy Crusade to Suppress Dissent
The surgeon general's definition of misinformation includes statements that are arguably or verifiably true.
The Stossel State of the Union
"If I do my job right, you should barely know I'm here."
FEMA Encourages Survivors of a Nuclear Holocaust To Mask, Socially Distance
The COVID-conscious advice from the federal government's primary disaster response agency is silly. It's also outdated.
The CDC's Explanation for Its Reversal on School Mask Mandates Is Transparently Dishonest
The agency emphasizes that children face a very low risk from COVID-19, which it has known all along.
The CDC Says Most Americans Can Take Their Masks Off
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stressed that people could continue to wear masks if they wanted to.
The Government's Coronavirus Response Was a Complete Failure. Who Will Be Held Accountable?
From the CDC to the FDA, there are too many missteps to list.
In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance
Walensky acknowledged "limitations" of available studies but told a congressional committee "our guidance currently is that masking should happen in all schools."
The Midterms Will End the Pandemic
Seven out of 10 Americans say "it's time we accept COVID is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives." Politicians are taking notice.
Biden Calls Ending Mask Mandates 'Premature' but Can't Say When It Won't Be
The president is waiting until children, who have always faced an infinitesimal risk from COVID-19, are "more protected."
The CDC's New Pain Treatment Advice Aims To Correct the Damage Done by the 2016 Version
The proposed guidelines emphasize the need for individualized treatment and collaboration with patients.
The CDC Stands Firm on 'Universal Masking' in Schools as Blue States Abandon That Policy
Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.
That Study of Face Masks Does Not Show What the CDC Claims
The agency further undermines its credibility by desperately trying to back up conclusions it has already reached.
The CDC's Insistence on 'Universal Masking' in Schools Looks Less Scientific Every Day
That recommendation, which never had a firm basis, is even harder to justify in the current context.
Why Can't the CDC Admit There Is No Solid Evidence To Support 'Universal Masking' in Schools?
Supporters of that policy assume it works, then desperately search for evidence to validate that conviction.
COVID-19 Booster Shots Are 90 Percent Effective Against Hospitalization
Unvaccinated Americans over age 50 are 44 times more likely to be hospitalized than triple-vaccinated folks.
The CDC Is Finally Acknowledging That N95 Respirators Work Better Than Cloth Masks
Why did it take so long?
OSHA's Vaccine Mandate Illustrates the Perils of Reflexively Deferring to Government Experts
The question for the Supreme Court was not whether the policy was wise but whether it was legal.
The Eviction "Tsunami" that Wasn't
Defenders of the CDC eviction moratorium predicted a "tsunami" of evictions would happen if the policy were rescinded. That hasn't happened.
CDC Pushes Flawed Study on Kids, COVID-19, and Diabetes
Plus: Noncitizens can vote in New York City, making baseball fair, and more...
Rochelle Walensky Said an Antigen Test Is a Good Tool for 'Judging Infectiousness.' Now She Says 'Its Information Will Not Be Useful.'
The CDC director's explanation of her agency's confusing advice about home COVID-19 testing is hard to understand.
What We Got Right and Wrong About 2021 (and What We Predict for 2022)
Plus, the CDC's amateur psychoanalyzing.
CDC: 61% of Teenagers Hospitalized for COVID-19 Had Obesity
A new study of 915 childhood COVID-19 hospitalizations found that most involved underlying conditions.
It's COVID Year 3 and the CDC Is Still Confused and Confusing
Plus: Conspiracy theory research, student loan forgiveness, and more...
RIP, 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'
Farewell to a Biden White House messaging strategy that was terrible long before Omicron
The CDC Director's Slippery Response to Criticism of School Mask Mandates Further Undermines Her Agency's Credibility
Rochelle Walensky willfully ignores the weaknesses of a study she repeatedly cited to justify "universal masking" of students.
Biden's Plan To Fight Omicron With Mass Testing Is Laughable Given the FDA's Approval Failures
Plus: Criminals have stolen $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, and colleges are planning to go virtual once again.
The Study That Convinced the CDC To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science
Plus: Julian Assange faces extradition, the GOP is paying Donald Trump's legal expenses, and more...
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While the press and politicians try to make the virus a political morality play, Reason keeps its head even while screaming at anti-scientific restrictionism.
