"Still, the court found that refusing to wear a mask during a public health emergency didn't amount to free speech protected by the Constitution.

"A question shadowing suits such as these is whether there is a First Amendment right to refuse to wear a protective mask as required by valid health and safety orders put in place during a recognized public health emergency. Like all courts to address this issue, we conclude there is not," the court said.

The court added:

"Skeptics are free to " and did " voice their opposition through multiple means, but disobeying a masking requirement is not one of them.

One could not, for example, refuse to pay taxes to express the belief that taxes are theft.' Nor could one refuse to wear a motorcycle helmet as a symbolic protest against a state law requiring them."

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Next up, not putting your child in a car seat is a free speech protest.

In this case, the criteria about what constitutes a healthcare emergency isn't in question by any serious person.