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Government,
Civil Rights,
California Supreme Court

May 5, 2020

State high court speeds challenges of Newsom’s emergency orders

Governor is taking “legally justified and morally necessary” action says his spokeswoman.

State high court speeds challenges of Newsom’s emergency orders
Gov. Gavin Newsom faces multiple lawsuits challenging his emergency orders, several of them filed by Harmeet Dhillon of Dhillon Law Group. The state Supreme Court has called for expedited briefings on several of them. (Courtesy of New York Times News Service)

The California Supreme Court is working quickly this week to address a number of coronavirus-related petitions on expedited briefing schedules, all accusing Gov. Gavin Newsom of mishandling the pandemic in myriad ways.

Chief justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye on Monday denied one such petition, filed by Southern California ACLU attorney Peter Eliasberg, who sought the imme...

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