Thursday, November 21, 2024

RFK Loses SCOTUS Fight To Protect Anti-Vax Doctors

RFK Loses SCOTUS Fight To Protect Anti-Vax Doctors:

NBC News reports:

The Supreme Court late on Wednesday rejected an attempt by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to protect doctors being investigated in Washington state for allegedly spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 virus.

The emergency application was denied by Justice Elena Kagan on behalf of the court. “We hope that one day the Supreme Court will clearly state that the Constitution does not permit the government to sanction the public viewpoint speech of physicians,” Rick Jaffe, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said.

Kennedy’s group and other plaintiffs claim that any investigations seeking to sanction doctors for their views on the virus would violate free speech rights under the Constitution’s First Amendment.

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