In the Courts

Justice Alito Temporarily Allows Biden Admin to Continue Censoring Citizens

Justice Samuel Alito ordered a temporary pause on an appeals court ruling blocking the Biden administration from encouraging social media companies to censor content Thursday.

The injunction will only be paused until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 22, according to the order. The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to freeze the injunction earlier Thursday pending its petition for a writ of certiorari.

Alito ordered responses to the government’s application to be filed by Sept. 20.

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote Thursday that the injunction “flouts bedrock principles of Article III, the First Amendment, and equity.”

The Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that the White House, Surgeon General, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI violated the First Amendment, modifying the lower court’s injunction to restrict the administration from taking actions to “coerce or significantly encourage social-media companies” from censoring speech.

“Ultimately, we find the district court did not err in determining that several officials—namely the White House, the Surgeon General, the CDC, and the FBI—likely coerced or significantly encouraged social-media, platforms to moderate content, rendering those decisions state actions,” the court ruled. “In doing so, the officials likely violated the First Amendment.”

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org

Katelynn Richardson

Share
Published by
Katelynn Richardson

Recent Posts

Small Biz Chief Pledges Zero Tolerance For Fraud After Biden Mission Drift

Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler is working to reverse what she describes as…

8 hours ago

VA Will Save ‘Literally Millions Of Dollars’ By Scrapping Sex Changes, Sec Says

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins said his agency will save “literally millions…

9 hours ago

ICE Arrests Violent Protesters Who Threatened Law enforcement Officers, Damaged Property

OMAHA, Neb. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested four aggressive protestors, June 12, who…

10 hours ago

Gavin Newsom’s Legal Fight Over Trump’s National Guard Authority Might Be Doomed

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s efforts to maintain order in…

10 hours ago

General Motors Quietly Backs Off Plans To Go All-Electric

General Motors (GM) quietly backed away from its high-profile pledge to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles…

17 hours ago

We Could Use Fewer College Graduates

A hundred years ago, roughly 10 percent of recent American high-school graduates attended college. Today…

17 hours ago