The judge concluded that “while this case certainly presents serious questions, the Court cannot craft an injunction without violating the First Amendment.”
Ward has said her First Amendment rights would be chilled if investigators were able to learn whom she spoke with while trying to challenge former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat.
The lawsuit filed by a Phoenix abortion doctor and the Arizona Medical Association repeats many of the arguments made by abortion rights groups in another filing.
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