READ: Supreme Court Rules 6-3 Plaintiffs Lacked Standing in Censorship Case

Today, SCOTUS Ruled 6-3 that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring suit in First Amendment case related to the Biden admin. contacting social media companies to moderate flow of information and content. BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Biden admin over Covid-era social media censorship Via The Post Millennial: The Supreme Court came down with a decision on Wednesday in a free speech case, ruling that the plaintiffs in the case did not have legal standing to sue the government. In the case of Murthy v Missouri, Republican attorneys general as well as people who had social media posts downgraded have argued that Surgeon General Murthy and the Biden administration coordinated with the Biden White House in order to pressure social media companies into taking down specific content related to COVID-19. They have argued that the campaign to pressure social media companies amounted to an infringement on the First Amendment. … In July 2023, US District Judge Terry Doughty ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, writing that the government had violated their right to free speech. The 5th Circuit then upheld Doughty’s decision. The Biden administration subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. READ: SCOTUS Decision 6-3 Case: Murthy, surgeon general v. Missouri Argued: March 18, 2024 Decided: June 26, 2024 Docket: 23-411 Majority opinion: Barrett, Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Jackson Dissenting: Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch. Originally filed as: Missouri v. Biden where Judge Terry Doughty’s preliminary injunction stated on page 4: FACTUAL BACKGROUND In this case, Plaintiffs (State of Missouri) allege that Defendants (Biden admin.) suppressed conservative-leaning free speech, such as: (1) suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 Presidential election; (2) suppressing speech about the lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origin; (3) suppressing speech about the efficiency of masks and COVID-19 lockdowns: (4) suppressing speech about the efficiency of COVID-19 vaccines; (5) suppressing speech about election integrity in the 2020 presidential election; (6) suppressing speech about the security of voting by mail; (7) suppressing parody ‘content about Defendants; (8) suppressing negative posts about the economy: and (9) suppressing negative posts about President Biden.

REACTIONS Former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who started the case, posted on X: Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Murthy v. Missouri case exposed nearly every part of the Biden Administration’s Orwellian “vast censorship enterprise.” I was proud to file this case as Missouri’s AG. Justice Alito said not only was Biden’s actions were unconstitutional under very well-established Supreme Court precedent, but also that this case is one of the most important free speech cases to reach the Supreme Court in years. Now, Congress must step up and do our job to make sure Americans’ right to freedom of speech is not eroded any further. I call on Congress to pass my Censorship Accountability Act and my COLLUDE Act immediately. Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Murthy v. Missouri case exposed nearly every part of the Biden Administration’s Orwellian “vast censorship enterprise.” I was proud to file this case as Missouri’s AG. Justice Alito said not only was Biden’s actions were unconstitutional… — Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) June 26, 2024 Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: My office filed suit against dozens of officials in the federal government to stop the biggest violation of the First Amendment in our nation’s history. The record is clear: the deep state pressured and coerced social media companies to take down truthful speech simply because it was conservative. Today’s ruling does not dispute that. My rallying cry to disappointed Americans is this: Missouri is not done. We are going back to the district court to obtain more discovery in order to root out Joe Biden’s vast censorship enterprise once and for all. My office filed suit against dozens of officials in the federal government to stop the biggest violation of the First Amendment in our nation’s history. The record is clear: the deep state pressured and coerced social media companies to take down truthful speech simply because… — Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) June 26, 2024 .

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