一名联邦法官裁定支持佛罗里达州在对疾病控制和预防中心的诉讼中，称该机构越权。
法官史蒂文·梅里戴(Steven Merryday)表示，疾控中心“初步被禁止”从7月18日开始执行其有条件航行令——一套针对希望恢复在美国航行的邮轮公司的指导方针，包括试航和疫苗要求。
该裁决称:“该命令认定，佛罗里达州很可能胜诉，理由是疾控中心的有条件航行命令和执行命令超出了疾控中心的授权。”
梅里戴说，疾控中心在7月2日之前必须为邮轮提出新的指导方针，“既允许邮轮及时航行，又保持在疾控中心的权限内。”
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2021年4月14日，一艘停靠在佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩迈阿密港的嘉年华自由号游轮。
“佛罗里达很可能会有许多或几乎所有的游轮无法在整个夏季航行。裁决称:“邮轮行业每天都面临着邮轮何时可以恢复的不确定性，佛罗里达州不仅因收入减少和失业支出增加而遭受具体的经济伤害，而且佛罗里达州面临着邮轮行业将离开该州的日益威胁和迫在眉睫的前景。”
这起诉讼始于州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis月份起诉该机构，试图恢复巡航业务，这是佛罗里达州的一项大业务，许多游轮公司都在那里。
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皇家加勒比海的海洋奥德赛于2021年6月10日抵达位于L堡的大沼泽地港口
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码头工人用绳子将皇家加勒比的海洋奥德赛号系到它在E港的停泊处
德桑蒂斯在一份声明中说:“疾病预防控制中心一直都是错的，他们知道这一点。”。“今天，我们正在为佛罗里达州的家庭、邮轮业以及每一个面对前所未有的联邦过度扩张而希望维护自身权利的州争取这场胜利。”
自2020年3月以来，超过250人的巡航被禁止在美国水域进行。自那以后，第一艘从美国水域启航的游轮是名人边缘号，定于6月26日从佛罗里达州出发。
Judge sides with Florida in cruise lawsuit, says CDC overstepped authority
A federal judge ruled in favor ofFloridain a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying the agency overstepped its authority.
Judge Steven Merryday said the CDC is "preliminarily enjoined" from enforcing its conditional sail order -- a set of guidelines for cruise companies wishing to resume sailing in the U.S., including test cruises and vaccine requirements -- beginning July 18.
"This order finds that Florida is highly likely to prevail on the merits of the claim that CDC's conditional sailing order and the implementing orders exceed the authority delegated to CDC," the ruling said.
Merryday said the CDC has until July 2 to propose new guidelines for cruises "both permitting cruise ships to sail timely and remaining within CDC's authority."
"Florida establishes a strong likelihood that many or almost all cruise ships will remain unable to sail for the entire summer season. And each day the cruise industry faces uncertainty about when cruises can resume, Florida not only suffers a concrete economic injury resulting from reduced revenue and increased unemployment spending, but Florida faces an increasingly threatening and imminent prospect that the cruise industry will depart the state," the ruling said.
The lawsuit began when Gov. Ron DeSantis sued the agency in April in an attempt to resume cruising, a big business in Florida, where many cruise lines are based.
"The CDC has been wrong all along, and they knew it," DeSantis said in a statement. "Today, we are securing this victory for Florida families, for the cruise industry, and for every state that wants to preserve its rights in the face of unprecedented federal overreach."
Cruising with more than 250 people has been prohibited in U.S. waters since March 2020. The first cruise ship set to sail from U.S. waters since then is the Celebrity Edge, which is scheduled to depart from Florida on June 26.
