Texas sues Biden administration in longshot bid to overturn federal mask mandate for public transport
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The state of Texas filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn President Joe Biden's mask mandate for public transport, marking the latest longshot bid to scrap one of the President's key Covid-19 health measures.
"Biden's repeated disregard of the individual liberties of Texans is not only disrespectful to the US Constitution, it is also troublesome that any president thinks they can act above the law while hardworking Americans standby," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. "President Biden cannot continue governing through executive edicts. Now is the time to strike down his administration's air-travel mask mandate."
Paxton, along with the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, filed the lawsuit in federal court on behalf of US Rep. Beth Van Duyne, a Republican whose district includes the suburbs near Fort Worth and Dallas. They allege in the lawsuit that the order, first issued by Biden shortly after he took office last year, violates US law regarding how federal rules are issued and is also unconstitutional because, they say, it represents an instance in which the Executive Branch carried out the law-making function of the Legislative Branch.
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