June 26, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to reverse a Fifth Circuit order prohibiting the Biden administration from joining with social media platforms to fight misinformation leaves an important First Amendment question unanswered and left Missouri's attorney general promising a continuing fight against what he called a "censorship regime."
June 26, 2024
The Fifth Circuit relied on "clearly erroneous" facts and an overgeneralized view of standing when it ordered the Biden administration to stop working with social media platforms to combat COVID-19 and election misinformation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday as it threw out a challenge to the government's actions.
June 26, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court wiped out a Fifth Circuit order prohibiting the Biden administration and several federal agencies from working with social media platforms to combat the spread of misinformation Wednesday, finding the states and individuals challenging the collaboration don't have standing to sue.
March 18, 2024
A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Monday that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment by working with social media platforms to combat the spread of misinformation, often chiding Louisiana's solicitor general for presenting confusing and overly expansive arguments.
March 16, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court has a packed oral arguments calendar this week that includes disputes over the Biden administration's work with social media companies to combat misinformation, the appropriate evidence standard for bringing retaliatory arrest claims and whether the federal government can object to a consent decree entered into by three states.
February 05, 2024
The Biden administration is trying to "flip the First Amendment on its head" by arguing that the government has free speech rights that are being trampled by an order banning it from working with social media companies to combat disinformation, Louisiana and Missouri have told the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 01, 2024
"Blockbuster," "momentous" and "historic" are all words that have been used to describe the U.S. Supreme Court's current term as the justices prepare for a spring docket jam-packed with questions over the level of deference courts should give federal agencies, whether and how social media companies should be regulated and whether government efforts to combat misinformation crosses the line between persuasion and coercion.
December 20, 2023
The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit order prohibiting it from working with social media companies to combat misinformation, arguing the appellate court's understanding of coercive government actions is flawed and severely limits federal agencies' abilities to discuss issues of public concern.
December 11, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cannot intervene in a case challenging efforts by members of the Biden administration and certain federal agencies to work with social media companies to combat the spread of misinformation online, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
October 27, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to intervene in a case challenging efforts by members of the Biden administration and certain federal agencies to work with social media companies to combat the spread of misinformation, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that he has been "specifically targeted for suppression."