Federal Judge Blocks Tennessee Law Banning Schools Mask Mandates

Federal Judge Blocks Tennessee Law Banning Schools Mask Mandates
A school bus in Cookeville, Tenn., on March 4, 2020. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee’s government from enforcing a law that prohibits mask mandates in schools.

U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, on Friday issued a preliminary injunction in favor of a group of parents who argued that their children with disabilities are more susceptible to serious COVID-19 complications without universal masking.