Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against school districts that have imposed mask mandates on students, seeking a declaration from the court that such requirements are unlawful. “Mask mandates for kids in schools are not supported by the science and are an arbitrary and capricious measure. The cure should not be worse than the disease,” the lawsuit (pdf), filed in the Circuit Court of Boone County, states. “The science shows that children are at a significantly lower risk of contracting a serious illness due to COVID-19 and that they do not generally spread the virus, even in school settings.” The attorney general argues that mask mandates are unlawful because the officials which imposed them failed to consider the science and relevant data, rendering such requirements “arbitrary and capricious.” “The Mask Mandate clearly fails the requirement of reasoned decision-making. It provides no discussion of how the mandate addresses …