Government
Dec. 28, 2021
2nd US jurist rules against anti-vaccine protest law
U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins and U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd both concluded in rulings on temporary restraining orders that the California law is based on the content of a protester’s speech.
A U.S. magistrate judge in San Jose enjoined a California law barring people from approaching others who are trying to get a COVID-19 vaccine, concluding that the statute is not narrowly drafted.
The Thursday night decision is the second ruling by a federal jurist against the California statute, which legislators said was aimed at protesters interfering with people trying to get vaccinated.
U.S. Magistrate Judg...
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