Supreme Court slams California’s authoritarianism again

Published April 14, 2021 11:00am ET



Last week, the Supreme Court slammed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision that upheld California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s arbitrary, authoritarian COVID-19 restrictions.

In a four-page unsigned order, five justices (Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett) agreed they would grant the application for injunctive relief. This order is particularly important.

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