In a stunning 6-3 decision, The Supreme Court just ruled, in the Murthy v. Missouri case, that the Biden Regime can coerce social media companies to delete, suppress, and deplatform specific people and posts it doesn’t like.
Congress will now need to act to enforce the Constitution since the Supreme Court cannot be counted on to do that.
The ruling, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, concluded with a pivotal decision: “Neither the individual nor the state plaintiffs have established Article III standing to seek an injunction against any defendant.”
In essence, the court determined that neither the states nor the individuals claiming harm from these government policies have the legal standing to file a lawsuit. This decision pertains to the procedural matter of requesting a preliminary injunction to halt the government’s censorship regime while the case proceeds.
The Daily Caller reported:
The justices ruled 6-3 to reverse a lower court injunction barring the federal government from “coercing or significantly encouraging” social media companies to suppress speech, finding that plaintiffs did not have standing. The case, Murthy v. Missouri, was brought by the Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, along with five individual plaintiffs whose own speech was censored.
“The plaintiffs rely on allegations of past Government censorship as evidence that future censorship is likely,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in the majority opinion. “But they fail, by and large, to link their past social-media restrictions to the defendants’ communications with the platforms. Thus, the events of the past do little to help any of the plaintiffs establish standing to seek an injunction to prevent future harms.”
Last July, District of Louisiana Judge Terry A. Doughty issued the initial injunction blocking a wide range of Biden administration officials from communicating with social media platforms for the purposes of censoring protected speech. The allegations in the case could be “the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history,” he wrote, calling the government’s actions “Orwellian.”
You can read the ruling here.
Justice Samuel Alito, in his dissent, said, “This is one of the most important free speech cases to reach this Court in years,” cautioning that the actions of officials in the case were “blatantly unconstitutional, and the country may come to regret the Court’s failure to say so.”
Jim Hoft, Founder and Editor of The Gateway Pundit and one of the lead Plaintiffs in the case released the following statement:
“Of course, we were very disappointed with today’s opinion by the US Supreme Court. The Gateway Pundit has been one of the primary targets of the government censorship complex.
It is chilling to learn that the Supreme Court believes the government can regulate the dissemination of news to the American Public.
We were victims of government propaganda, and the American people suffered because of it.
When we reported on the Hunter Biden laptop in October 2020 and the government’s COVID agenda during the pandemic, although we were correct, we were targeted and silenced.
We are concerned by the Court’s decision that the government will be allowed to continue using secret backchannel efforts to silence opinions not sanctioned by those in power and that more voices will be silenced.
We will consult with our attorneys to determine our next steps.” — Jim Hoft
Watch the video report from The Hill below:
Not surprisingly, many social media users reacted strongly to the latest assault on the First Amendment.
This is probably THE worst decision for the Supreme Court & the Rights of the People in decades.
— KrisAnne Hall, LibertyAddict (@RealKahall) June 26, 2024
Amy Coney Barrett & the big government justices have decided that subtle but powerful coercion by the fed govt to control private businesses and free speech is now OK in America. pic.twitter.com/U13ldszizG
Today, the day The Supreme Court ruled in favor of censorship in Murthy v Missouri, is going to be a dark day in this country’s history.
— Anna Matson (@AnnaRMatson) June 26, 2024
This day will be remembered like the Citizens United case and the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v Wade.
We must elect officials who… pic.twitter.com/8FtxvUHsRR
The Supreme Court wrongly booted the most significant First Amendment case in U.S. history on standing grounds today, Murthy v Missouri.
— Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS) June 26, 2024
And I say that as a true maven of standing doctrine.
In effect, the Supreme Court majority is requiring government-private partnerships aimed…
The First Amendment just took a hard body blow. The Supreme Court in the Murthy v Missouri case gave Joe Biden the license to censure his political opposition.
— Dan Schneider (@Schneider_DC) June 26, 2024
But we still have grounds to fight for Free Speech rights. This fight is not over. pic.twitter.com/HcRRJa5F3o
