( April 6, 2026, 1:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington state officials on April 6 urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the petition for a writ of certiorari of physicians and other entities who alleged constitutional violations by the state of Washington in initiating disciplinary proceedings against the doctors for the publication of allegedly false views on COVID-19, arguing that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals properly applied the relevant law and that the case was a poor vehicle for review....