Microsoft Tells 2nd Circuit Government Secrecy Orders Violate 1st Amendment

Mealey's (April 22, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In an April 12 reply brief, Microsoft Corp. argues to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that gag orders issued by the government under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as prior restraint because the orders did not meet the strict scrutiny standard....