A group of Pennsylvania parents and Republican state lawmakers filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3 challenging the school mask mandate imposed by the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and seeking an injunction against the order. The plaintiffs sued Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam in Commonwealth Court, arguing that Beam did not follow state law in issuing a mask mandate requiring children at public and private schools to wear masks, according to The Associated Press. The lawsuit also claims that Wolf circumvented Pennsylvania’s new limits on the governor’s emergency powers. The governor’s spokeswoman dismissed the lawsuit as a Republican “effort at undermining public health.” “The Secretary of Health’s order subjects healthy, non-infected teachers, children, students, staff, and visitors … to the wearing of face coverings,” the lawsuit states, according to AP. Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman and state Rep. Jesse Topper, both Republicans, are the lead plaintiffs. The …