State restrictions on mask-wearing. At least 18 states and Washington, D.C., have laws that restrict masks and other face coverings, said Elly Page, senior legal adviser with the International ...

Print; Copy article link; Save. Demonstrators wearing masks hold signs outside the Federal Building during a protest on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. ... Mask debate tests free speech rights ...

During a June 12 congressional hearing, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, criticized ICE agents wearing masks during raids, saying: “Don’t wear masks. Identify who you are.” ...

How covering your face became a constitutional matter: Mask debate tests free speech rights by: CHRISTINE FERNANDO, Associated Press. Posted: Jun 23, 2025 / 07:15 AM EDT.

Donald Trump’s calls to ban protest masks has ignited a legal battle over free speech, privacy and whether face coverings are protected by the First Amendment.

The laws aren't just remnants of the coronavirus pandemic. Many date back to the 1940s and ’50s, when many states passed anti-mask laws as a response to the Ku Klux Klan, whose members hid their ...

Navid Funes, 4, poses with Spiderman at Mayo Clinic's Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital on the Saint Marys Campus on Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Rochester. Sophia Marschall / Post Bulletin ...