9th Circuit Affirms Twitter’s 1st Amendment Suit Against Texas AG Isn’t Ripe

Mealey's (March 4, 2022, 8:56 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A trial court properly dismissed Twitter Inc.’s challenge to a civil investigative demand (CID) by Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 2, deeming the social network’s declaratory complaint under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to be “not prudentially ripe.”...