California Law Punishing COVID-19 Misinformation Unconstitutional, Doctors Say

(November 3, 2022, 11:24 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group of California physicians on Nov. 2 moved a federal court for a preliminary injunction to prevent California Gov. Gavin Newsom and several other state officials from enforcing state legislation that would allow state medical boards to discipline physicians for disseminating misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, contending that the legislation is a violation of their right to free speech under the First Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague in violation of their rights to due process of law under the 14th Amendment....