Clarence Thomas rejects emergency request to block Covid-19 mask requirement for public travel

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-federal-mask-airplane-airport/index.html

Washington (CNN) — Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to block Biden administration's Covid-19 mask requirement for public travel.

The request was brought by a man seeking to leave Florida by airplane, who said his Generalized Anxiety Disorder prevented him from wearing a mask.

While the Supreme Court has been willing to disrupt other coronavirus-related regulations, particularly as they affected religious gatherings, there was no apparent appetite for disturbing the public transportation mask mandate.

The request was filed with the Supreme Court on Monday by Lucas Wall, who was unable to board a flight last month from Orlando because of his unwillingness to wear a mask. His court filings said that, due to the mask mandate, he has since been "stranded" at his mother's residence in The Villages, a retirement community in central Florida. He said that that the federal mask requirement for travel would prevent him from taking a flight he planned to Germany later this week.

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[Enter stage left]

1. Hey, Lucas, buddy...

watch out for sink-holes.

[Mike Nelson]

2. Wow...

... first of all, this man is AMAZING! Most people with High Anxiety would be anxious about getting in an airplane. Now, about the mask... it's to protect him, his health, and others. I think he should wear the mask.

[brewens]

4. There was a woman at the blood center I'm retired from that tried to claim anxiety about the

masks briefly. One of the other women there worked with her before at a pathologist lab where they had to wear masks for some tasks all the time, and she never complained. LOL She didn't get in any trouble over it and ended up wearing the masks with no problem.

[Mike Nelson]

6. Ha-ha!

... atta girl!

[Under The Radar]

3. He will likely be sleeping on the couch for a few nights.

[tishaLA]

5. "womp womp" nt

[Me.]

7. What?

are they sure they have the right Thomas

[tanyev]

8. Et tu, Justice Thomas?

[dickthegrouch]

9. Pigs have flown!!!! /nt