COVID-19 Restaurant Dining

July 24, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists look at the restaurant open/close shuffle that started with a lawsuit against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration filed by the New Mexico Restaurant Association and several restaurants from around the state. The governor reinstated the ban on indoor dining after a rise in COVID-19 infections. That ban, blocked by a Carlsbad state judge on Monday, was re-imposed the same day by the New Mexico Supreme Court 

Host: Gene Grant 

Line Panelists: 
Julie Ann Grimm, editor, Santa Fe Reporter  
Sophie Martin, attorney  
H. Diane Snyder, former state senator  

For Further Reading: 
On Again, Off Again for Indoor Dining in New Mexico – Albuquerque Journal 
NM Supreme Court Overrides Judge, Forces Indoor Dining to Close Again – KOB 4 
New Mexico Supreme Court Grants Governor’s Request To Stay An Order To Temporarily Permit Indoor Dining – Los Alamos Daily Post 
Lawsuit Over Business Closures Heads to New Mexico Supreme Court – Santa Fe New Mexican 
NM Supreme Court to Hear Case Over Governor’s Business Fines – Republican Party of New Mexico