As a lawyer, I wonder if the Biden administration is not challenging the district court ruling because it doest believe it's like to win on appeal and doesn't want to create bad law.
As a lawyer, I wonder if the Biden administration is not challenging the district court ruling because it doest believe it's like to win on appeal and doesn't want to create bad law.
That's a reasonable position. But this decision now stands as persuasive authority, right? I'm less concerned about the mask mandate than about the government's authority to deal with future health threats.
One of the key tenets of public Health is to make scientific decisions to protect the public. I’m unsure what role the legislative branch has as our judges should be legal scholars and not scientists. It’s difficult to play in both lanes and be any good at either one.
There are so many things in place we all rely on for protection in addition to the Public Health experts; stop signs, traffic lights, speed limits, banking oversight, FAA, air traffic control, FDA….the list is endless. That is a key function of government. Just imagine what life would be like without these people walking the wall on our behalf.
After 65 years of living in what I’ve come to believe is one of the safest countries on earth it is indeed sad to see our Public Health scientists co-opted by “influencers”, twitter, Facebook and politicians.
As a lawyer, I wonder if the Biden administration is not challenging the district court ruling because it doest believe it's like to win on appeal and doesn't want to create bad law.
That's a reasonable position. But this decision now stands as persuasive authority, right? I'm less concerned about the mask mandate than about the government's authority to deal with future health threats.
Indeed.
One of the key tenets of public Health is to make scientific decisions to protect the public. I’m unsure what role the legislative branch has as our judges should be legal scholars and not scientists. It’s difficult to play in both lanes and be any good at either one.
There are so many things in place we all rely on for protection in addition to the Public Health experts; stop signs, traffic lights, speed limits, banking oversight, FAA, air traffic control, FDA….the list is endless. That is a key function of government. Just imagine what life would be like without these people walking the wall on our behalf.
After 65 years of living in what I’ve come to believe is one of the safest countries on earth it is indeed sad to see our Public Health scientists co-opted by “influencers”, twitter, Facebook and politicians.