President Joe Biden revealed this week that his administration is looking into whether he can federally mandate masks for all public school districts, even though such a policy would violate the states’ right to govern their own education and public health systems.
He at least seemed to understand the bounds of federalism: “I don’t believe that I do [have that power] thus far,” Biden told reporters. “We’re checking that.”
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