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SANTA FE. N.M. (AP) The state Supreme Court showed new resolve in its support of pandemic related health restrictions placed on businesses by the governor of New Mexico, in a detailed written. ....
The court showed new resolve in its support of pandemic-related health restrictions placed on businesses by the governor, in a written opinion Monday. ....
SANTA FE – The governor and Department of Health have legislatively granted authority to restrict or close businesses through an emergency public health order rather than imposing such restrictions through a rulemaking process, the state Supreme Court concluded in an opinion issued today.
The Court’s unanimous written opinion provides the detailed legal reasoning for an oral decision issued from the bench in August that upheld a ban on indoor dining the state had imposed a month earlier because of the increasing spread of COVID-19.
A group of businesses challenged the restrictions in a lawsuit brought in district court in Carlsbad, prompting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to petition the state’s highest court to resolve the dispute. After the Supreme Court agreed to consider the case, the state Republican Party, House and Senate GOP leaders and Eddy County were allowed to submit written legal arguments against the business restrictions. ....
UNMH By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Officials with some of the major hospitals in New Mexico say they expect to finish giving their employees the COVID-19 vaccine in the next two to three weeks as more doses arrive. Thousands of front-line health care workers have already received their shot. Like other states, New Mexico learned last week it would be getting about one-third fewer doses of the vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech. The initial shipments of the second vaccine, by Moderna, will be arriving soon. Those will be funneled to staff and residents at long-term care facilities and nursing homes. ....
Appeals Court Judge Is Appointed To New Mexico Supreme Court – Santa Fe New Mexican, Associated Press Julie J. Vargas, a judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, has been appointed to serve on the state Supreme Court. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham s office announced the appointment Saturday. Vargas, a Democrat, will succeed retired Justice Judith K. Nakamura, a Republican who was appointed by former Gov. Susana Martinez. Vargas grew up in Albuquerque and got her law degree from the University of New Mexico. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports as an appellate court judge, Vargas has heard disputed decisions from lower courts around the state since 2016. Before that, she worked in private practice for more than 20 years, mostly in commercial and personal injury law. ....