Roberts Refuses to Block Mask Mandate for Airlines

“Chief Justice John Roberts rejected an emergency request to block the federal mask mandate for air travel while challenges to it moved forward,” the New York Times reports.

“The chief justice did not ask for a response to the application for emergency relief or refer the application to the full Supreme Court, and he gave no reasons for his ruling. Those were all signs that he viewed the legal question in the case as insubstantial.”