D.C. Circuit Panel Denies Review Of TSA Masking Rule In Light Of Rule Expiration

Mealey's (February 10, 2023, 1:04 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In six largely identical cases brought by would-be airline passengers challenging the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) enforcement of the federal transportation mask mandate, a per curiam panel of the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 denied the passengers’ petitions for review of the TSA mask regulations, noting that even if the TSA were to reinstate its now-expired mask regulations, a challenge to them would require a renewed administrative record....