Florida’s DeSantis Must Face Suit Over School Mask Rule Ban
- Judge denied governor’s bid to toss parents’ challenge to ban
- Court could rule next week on whether to block DeSantis’ order
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A judge denied a request by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to throw out a lawsuit challenging his ban on mask mandates in schools, setting up a clash next week that could see the court block his executive order.
Parents who claim the ban is putting their children at risk just as the delta variant of the coronavirus is ravaging the state can proceed with their suit to block the governor’s action, Judge John C. Cooper ruled Thursday after a hearing in Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit in Tallahassee.