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Government,
Civil Rights

May 7, 2020

Newsom’s emergency power is again challenged in federal court

Many attorneys say Newsom’s right to make such orders is pretty firmly grounded in constitutional and statutory law. But others question the continued use of a 115-year-old legal precedent to justify interfering with Californians’ First Amendment and other constitutional rights and whether Newsom has shown his orders are proper and necessary under state law.

Attorneys meet once again Thursday in a virtual hearing to debate the limits of Gov. Gavin Newsom's powers during a crisis.

These disagreements center not just on fundamentally different understandings of the role of the government but of the reality of the coronavirus pandemic. Some attorneys say Newsom's right to make such orders is pretty firmly grounded in constitutional and statutory law. But others question the continued use o...

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