( November 2, 2023, 12:46 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In related lawsuits against California Gov. Gavin Newsom and several other state officials brought by California physicians, a physician advocacy group and a patient advocacy group claiming that a state statute allowing medical boards to discipline physicians for disseminating misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments violates the First Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague, a California federal judge on Nov. 1 ordered the parties to submit supplemental briefs on mootness in light of the recent repeal of the legislation....