Texas AG Asks High Court To Uphold Stay Of Social Media Viewpoint Law Injunction

Mealey's (May 20, 2022, 8:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defending a law that he says “guarantee[s] all Texans equal access to the ‘modern public square’” of social media by prohibiting platforms operators from basing editorial decisions on a speaker’s “viewpoint,” Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton on May 18 opposed two organizations’ emergency applications asking the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate an appeals court’s stay of a preliminary injunction that would have prevented enforcement of the law....