🚨THREAD: Missouri v. Biden - Brief from the government in appeals case.
We are about to go through some of this brief the government filed. It is their argument to the 5th circuit for why they should overturn the judges ruling in the lower court on the temporary injunction… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As per the government, It’s critical that they be able to speak to citizens. Foreign actors may use a crisis to cause distrust in the official word of the government.
Problem? The injunction doesn’t stop the government from doing this AT ALL.
Here, the government is making an argument that they have the right to persuade you about THEIR views.
Again, nothing about the injunction would stop them from “persuading” you. All the injunction does is stop them from saying “hey social media company, take this post we don’t… https://t.co/bamwsmebzbtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
They say the court ignored that. I say that the government is counting on the 5th not to read any of the materials and just “take their word for it.” It’s utter ridiculous, and thankfully, that isn’t going to happen.
They keep saying that the injunction censors the GOVERNMENTS speech. It’s so disingenuous as to be nauseating. That isn’t what the injunction says at all.
For those who may not have seen, here is the ACTUAL order and what the government is misrepresenting to the 5th.
Here the government argues that all of that discovery we got- all of the talk about “Cognitive infrastructure,” all of the attacks on Facebook from Flaherty, all of the alerts the FBI sent to remove content, all of the threats made both in public and in private were completely… https://t.co/y2G92sIWwwtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here they basically argue that (Beanz speak here) “yea, we did this in the past as the Plaintiffs have shown, but they can’t prove we will do this AGAIN in the future. They can’t prove future harm.”
I don’t even have to say anything here…. Please just read this.
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The judge first goes through the criteria for granting an injunction.
The court AGAIN states they feel the plaintiffs will succeed on the merits, but he also adds something— that the WH defendants and the Surgeon General Defendants were found to have likely engaged in coercion of social media companies. he then goes on to AGAIN give examples.
🚨THREAD: The government has filed a stay, asking the judge in the Missouri v. Biden to halt the injunction as they appeal. They cite confusion and vagueness in the language of the injunction that they argue is vague and will cause grave harm to the American people.
They also argue that they have valid Article III standing claims that will make the entire lawsuit moot, but the judge has now ruled against them on those claims THREE times.
Here the government argues that the language I will share in the next post is too “vague” for government officials to understand what they aren’t permitted to do.
Apparently, they don’t understand what protected free speech under the Constitution is.
🚨🚨MEGA THREAD: Order for Temporary Injunction in Missouri v. Biden
A landmark censorship case that is turning the unconstitutional actions of our government on their head.
I have been reporting on this case since the day it was filed. For those of you who may be just hearing about it, this is it in a nutshell:
The states of Missouri and Louisiana, along with several private Plaintiffs, are suing the USG alleging that they pressured social media… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The complaint requested expedited discovery and deposition in order to obtain a temporary injunction. This was granted. In the months since there have been a number of twists and turns, but depositions were taken, and I attended the oral arguments for the temporary injunction in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING! The order on the temporary injunction in Missouri v. Biden has JUST been filed. The motion has been GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, with the denial pertaining to discussion about criminal activity and information intended to mislead about certain aspects of… https://t.co/6jKwxA4VXxtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1. I believe in small, limited government. The kind of government that would see most institutions abolished in favor of local solutions.
2. I believe we need to dismantle the SES classification and stop hiring lifelong government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
5. I believe that two consenting adults should be able to sleep with whoever they want, as long as they are not trying to shove their sex life down everyone else’s throat, often by force - either realized or institutionalized.