Supreme Court Declines to Block State From Investigating Doctors Who Question COVID Policies

Lower courts issued contradictory rulings on whether doctors’ free speech rights were violated by the state policy.

The Supreme Court building in Washington on April 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 4 declined to take up NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton’s petition arguing that Washington state regulators’ investigation and punishment of licensed physicians over COVID-19 treatment advice was unconstitutional.

The court denied the petition in Stockton v. Brown in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision.