🚨 Happening NOW: Murthy v. Missouri—SCOTUS hears arguments on US govt collusion with social media platforms to censor online speech.
A US judge has called this case "the most massive attack against free speech in United States' history."
Alito: "When I see the White House and Federal officials repeatedly saying that Facebook and the Federal government should be partners... regular meetings, constant pestering... Wow, I cannot imagine Federal officials taking that approach to print media."
A US judge has called this case "the most massive attack against free speech in United States' history."
Alito: "When I see the White House and Federal officials repeatedly saying that Facebook and the Federal government should be partners... regular meetings, constant pestering... Wow, I cannot imagine Federal officials taking that approach to print media."
Kentaji Brown Jackson grills LA solicitor general, says that because the govt can occasionally censor, they can also occasionally coerce:
KBJ: “Whether or not the government can do this… depends on the application of our First Amendment jurisprudence.
There may be circumstances in which the government could prohibit certain speech on the internet or otherwise.”
KBJ: “Whether or not the government can do this… depends on the application of our First Amendment jurisprudence.
There may be circumstances in which the government could prohibit certain speech on the internet or otherwise.”
KBJ doubles down: “My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways.”
That is, quite literally, the entire point of the First Amendment—of the entire Bill of Rights.
That is, quite literally, the entire point of the First Amendment—of the entire Bill of Rights.
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