Thread by @PhilHollowayEsq

BREAKING: Green v. Alachua County. #MaskMandates are "presumptively unconstitutional" under Florida law

Here’s a link to the entire opinion. The bottom line, any mask mandate must serve a compelling state interest and be narrowly tailored to serve that need. To meet this standard, strong evidence that #masks are effective would need to be presented.

alachuachronicle.com/green-v-alachu…

Judge Tanenbaum refers to #maskmandates as "diktat" and says "The threat of government-sponsored shaming was not an idle one"

🔥🔥This ruling is savage!! : Plaintiff "reasonably could expect autonomy over his body, including his face, which means that he was correct to claim an entitlement to be let alone and free from intrusion by Alachua County’s commission chairman" and the #maskmandate

🚨🔥 Epic judicial smackdown: “even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten...And there is this warning from William Pitt the Younger...paraphrasing a similar sentiment in...Paradise Lost: “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.”

🎤💧"Fundamental right..to..complete freedom of a person to control his own body" means "a person can reasonably expect not to be forced by the government to put something on his own face against his will" #Masks #maskmandate

This means the case goes back to the trial judge to reconsider the injunction using this ruling as a guide. Or, the County could ask the FL Supreme Ct to hear a discretionary appeal seeking to reverse this particular ruling. So the case isn't over. Will be interesting to follow

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