Virginia’s new attorney general has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order banning school mask mandates. Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican like Youngkin, told the Virginia Supreme Court that the parents who sued lack standing and did not adequately state their case. “The Court should dismiss the petition for three independent reasons,” Miyares said in a filing (pdf). “First, petitioners lack standing because they have failed to identify any cognizable injury of any kind, or to explain how any such injury is particularized to them. Second, the petition seeks relief that is unavailable in this Court’s original jurisdiction, as neither mandamus nor prohibition is a substitute for the injunctive relief petitioners seek from this Court. Finally, even if the petitioners had standing and their petition were procedurally proper, this Court should reject their claim on the merits because they have failed to …
Virginia Asks Court to Toss Lawsuit Challenging Ban of School Mask Mandates
January 22, 2022
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