Conservative blocs unleash litigation to curb public health powers
Through a wave of pandemic-related litigation, a trio of small but mighty conservative legal blocs has rolled back public health…
Tag: school mask mandates
Judge rules against Schmitt in Columbia schools mask case
Attorney General Eric Schmitt lost on Thursday on almost every point raised to prevent dismissal of his office’s lawsuit against Columbia Public…
Judge rejects Missouri attorney general’s challenge to school mask mandates
Face masks will stay on for students and teachers in districts requiring them, a Boone County judge ruled Tuesday, handing…
Biden opens civil rights probe into states banning school mask mandates
WASHINGTON — Federal education officials have launched civil rights investigations in five Republican-led states that have prohibited school districts from mandating…
Who has the power to say students do or don’t have to wear masks?
Legal battles over masks in schools are being fought across the country. Rather than clarifying policy, these legal challenges have…