{"id":51431,"date":"2021-02-06T18:09:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51431"},"modified":"2021-02-06T18:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T22:13:23","slug":"how-is-the-tsa-getting-away-with-unlawfully-levying-1500-for-mask-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51431","title":{"rendered":"How is the TSA getting away with unlawfully levying $1,500 for mask violations?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>TSA Suggests Fines Up to $1,500 for Mask Violations<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51432\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51432\" class=\"wp-image-51432 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GetFile-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GetFile-3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GetFile-3-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Scaliger\/Dreamstime.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Brian Trusdell | NEWSMAX<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Security Administration\u00a0is suggesting fines up to $1,500 for passengers and individuals who repeatedly violate its nearly week-old requirement that masks be worn on commercial aircraft and in airports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;TSA will recommend a fine ranging from $250 for the first offense up to $1,500 for repeat offenders,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsa.gov\/news\/press\/releases\/2021\/01\/31\/tsa-implement-executive-order-regarding-face-masks-airport-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the agency said Friday on its website<\/a>. &#8221;Based on substantial aggravating or mitigating factors, TSA may seek a sanction amount that falls outside these ranges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The TSA began requiring masks on Tuesday &#8221;at \u2026 airport screening checkpoints and throughout the commercial and public transportation systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That came after President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 21 requiring federal governmental authorities to impose regulations making masks mandatory on public transportation. The order remains in effect until at least May 11.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/quarantine\/masks\/mask-travel-guidance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u00a0subsequently decreed<\/a>\u00a0face masks be worn while travelers are at transportation hubs and on trains, buses and planes.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/tsa-mask-fine-violation\/2021\/02\/05\/id\/1008880\/\">https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/tsa-mask-fine-violation\/2021\/02\/05\/id\/1008880\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSA Suggests Fines Up to $1,500 for Mask Violations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}