Federal Mask mandate

time2roll wrote:

wapiticountry wrote:
As for the "mask Mandate", my only concern is the authorities may use it as a wedge to delve much deeper into your travels. Does it open up the door to "probable cause" leading to searching your car, RV and campsite looking for who knows what? Personally, I don't want to be stopped by the highway patrol on the interstate under the pretense of "you weren't wearing the mandated mask".

No! This is borderline paranoia.

Tell that to the minority communities and others who have lived for decades with policies like "Stop and Frisk". Those who have been pulled over for failing to signal a lane change, drifting onto the shoulder for a second, driving without a seatbelt, using a cellphone while driving etc. only to then have their vehicles searched, their IDs validated and only after the all clear let off with a "warning". In those cases it is obvious the intent was not to give a warning, but to use those minor violations as a way to investigate the car and driver. I see no reason a federal mask mandate couldn't be used as another workaround an otherwise warrantless search.