Supreme Court Won’t Block State From Probing Doctors Who Question COVID-19 Policies

Investigated physicians say just because they have medical licenses they don’t surrender their free speech rights under the First Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 2, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 rejected an emergency application to block the Washington Medical Commission from investigating licensed physicians in the state over their criticism of COVID-19 policies.

The Washington state commission considers the doctors’ dissenting views on the disease to be potentially dangerous misinformation that should be suppressed. The physicians counter that just because they have medical licenses they don’t surrender their free speech rights under the First Amendment.