States To High Court: Affirm Injunction Of Government’s Social Media Coercion

(February 5, 2024, 3:01 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Noting the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that the federal government has engaged in “a coordinated campaign” of coercing social media platforms to censor disfavored speech, Missouri, Louisiana and other parties (Missouri parties, collectively) urge the U.S. Supreme Court in their Feb. 2 respondent brief to uphold an injunction preventing the government from continuing such violations of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution “that jeopardized a fundamental aspect of American life.”...