The Courts and Congress Must Protect Free Speech

Defenders of free speech received some (hopefully) good news recently when the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of Murthy v. Missouri. This is the lawsuit claiming federal officials—including President Biden—violated the First Amendment by pressuring social media companies to censor news and opinions that contradict the Administration’s political and policy goals. As Federal Judge Terry A Doughty wrote regarding the preliminary injunction he (appropriately) issued on the Fourth of July forbidding government officials from contacting social media companies: “…if the allegations made by the plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States history.”