Constitutional Law
Dec. 19, 2023
Federal judge irked by attempt to fight constitutionality of law soon to be repealed
If the state is allowed to avoid an “adverse ruling” by “voluntary cessation” of a law that attempted to restrict doctors’ free speech, the state is liable to create new harms by passing similar unconstitutional laws in the future, said attorneys with the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb had little patience on Monday for plaintiffs challenging a California law that will be off the books in two weeks. In fact, the veteran jurist repeatedly asked attorneys for the plaintiffs what relief they were seeking and at one point jokingly offered to pay them $1.
Several groups of plaintiffs challenged — mainly on First Amendment grounds — a 2022 state law that allows the California Medical ...
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