Florida Mask Mandate Judge Turns Tables on DeSantis in Ban Order

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said schools with face mask mandates are violating the state’s recently passed Parents’ Bill of Rights, which gives mothers and fathers the last word on health care for their children.

On Friday, Judge John C. Cooper said it was the other way around, in a ruling that vindicated parents who sued claiming the mandatory masking is just common sense.

The Tallahassee-based judge barred Florida officials from enforcing the governor’s ban on mask mandates in schools, saying evidence from a four-day trial showed DeSantis had taken the law out of context. The statute, signed by DeSantis ...