Suit Alleging Medical Establishment's Desire to Compel Doctors "to Toe the Line in All Matters Related to COVID …" Can Go Forward
Plaintiff Meryl Nass, M.D., has been a Maine-licensed doctor since 1997 with no disciplinary infractions prior to the events narrated below. Nass has testified to Congress on six occasions and, as an acknowledged expert on anthrax and the anthrax vaccine, has been quoted in major media outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, the L.A. She discussed these topics on the radio, in interviews, on her blog, and elsewhere on the Internet.
- ▪Plaintiff Meryl Nass, M.D., has been a Maine-licensed doctor since 1997 with no disciplinary infractions prior to the events narrated below.
- ▪Nass has testified to Congress on six occasions and, as an acknowledged expert on anthrax and the anthrax vaccine, has been quoted in major media outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, the L.A.
- ▪She discussed these topics on the radio, in interviews, on her blog, and elsewhere on the Internet.
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Free Speech Suit Alleging Medical Establishment's Desire to Compel Doctors "to Toe the Line in All Matters Related to COVID …" Can Go Forward "Nor is it evident that the approach taken by Defendants insulated the process from undue 'political influence.' To the contrary, political influence would appear to have been the point." Eugene Volokh | 8.20.2026 2:55 PM From Chief Judge Lance Walker (D. Me.) today in Nass v. Maine Bd. of Licensure in Medicine: As alleged [in the Complaint], this case arises out of the COVID-19 pandemic and the desire of the medical establishment, in this instance the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine, to compel medical practitioners to toe the line in all matters related to COVID medical treatments as well as messaging concerning vaccination efficacy and…
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