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California's Medical Misinformation Law Struck Down
…”This Act is a blatant attempt to silence doctors whose views, though based on thorough scientific research, deviate from the government-approved ‘party line,'” said Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a lawyer for the doctors, in a statement. “At no point has the State of California been able to articulate the line between…
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A Federal Court Blocks California’s New Medical Misinformation Law
…In December, another judge in the Central District of California denied an injunction in a similar case. The split verdicts raise the likelihood that the law’s fate could ultimately be decided at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.“I think the judge saw the law for what it was: an…
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California Law Aiming to Curb COVID Misinformation Blocked by Judge
…”This Act is a blatant attempt to silence doctors whose views, though based on thorough scientific research, deviate from the government-approved ‘party line,'” said Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a lawyer for the doctors, in a statement. “At no point has the State of California been able to articulate the line between…
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Federal Court Halts California Law Punishing Doctors for COVID ‘Misinformation’
…Judge William B. Schubb of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California granted the motion filed by a group of doctors for a preliminary injunction. Schubb said that, because the “scientific consensus” (on COVID, in this case) is ill-defined and vague, the physician plaintiffs in the lawsuit are “unable to determine if their…
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California Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking COVID ‘Misinformation’ Law: Reports
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance represent the doctors, or NCLA, which is a nonpartisan civil rights firm. In November, Jenin Younes, counsel for the NCLA said California’s new “misinformation” law is the result of the increasing censorious mentality that has gripped many lawmakers in America. “That this shocking bill passed through the state legislature and…
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Judge Questions Clarity of New California Law Targeting Doctors Who Share COVID-19 Misinformation
…Jenin Younes, an attorney representing Høeg and five other doctors in one of the cases, said during the hearing that the law was “about silencing doctors that have a different view from the state.” Younes works for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a Washington, DC-based organization that strives to “tame the unlawful power of state…
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