( April 20, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 20 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by physician advocacy groups and affiliated physicians seeking to prevent enforcement of a California statute that regulates professional conduct and provides for discipline of physicians who deviate from standards of care, arguing that the law could be used to sanction physicians based on their COVID-19 viewpoint in violation of the First Amendment....