Tag: Missouri v. Biden

Gov’t Losing Censorship Battle

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Did agencies of the federal government pressure and threaten social media platforms to censor opinions that they didn’t like?

That’s what a lawsuit, Missouri v. Biden, says. And the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the government’s request to lift a temporary injunction that said “Stop doing that!” And now it looks like the case is on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

5th Circuit Rules Government Violated Speech Rights of Americans

The link is to a long article on undercover.com that details a mass of legal maneuverings… the upshot of it boiling down to “The Constitution says don’t do that!” A number of governmental agencies, including, of course, the FBI, has been accused of curbing Americans’ free speech rights; and so far the Bad Guys have been taking a beating in the courts. The suit was filed last May by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana; so it’s taken over a year to get this far.

We pray this leads to a total defeat of the COVID kings in government.

I’ll have more to say about in the next post.

My Newswithviews Column, July 20 (‘Millenials: ‘Misgendering’ Is a Crime’)

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He says he’s a frog. Does that mean we have to “affirm” his delusion–or else?

The Biden Administration is fighting a court case to keep its “right” to lean on Internet providers and get them to censor anyone who’s not aboard their bandwagon. They actually think that’s a good thing. Well, good for them, at least.

Millenials: ‘Misgendering’ Is a Crime

In my own lifetime our country has never been closer to losing its freedom–losing its very form, as Democrats and the rest of Far Left Crazy warp and twist it out of shape.

May God utterly confound their every intention.

And we need to work harder for that!

‘Ending Free Speech’

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Legal scholar Neil Richards on the First Amendment in the digital age.

This is a long essay by Kenin Spivak, but I post it here because it’s well worth reading and critically important.

Ending Free Speech

Currently, “the Biden Administration is asking whether we should have a First Amendment.” I mean, heck, it’s only the foundation of our free republic: that’s why they made it No. 1. Free speech, freedom of religion, our right to petition government for redress of grievances–if we don’t have this, we don’t have the United States of America.

But the government is fighting tooth and nail–and so far, thank Heaven, losing–against a federal judge’s ruling, in Missouri v. Biden, that bars government agencies and officials from censoring free speech on the Internet.

Without our First Amendment guarantees, our republic and our freedom are dead.

It will seem obvious to most of us that this administration has done everything in its power to restrict our free speech rights–at least, when those rights are exercised by anyone who disagrees with its policies.

[And now the tech team is here to assemble our new computer hutch, so I must step back for the time being. I hope you read the essay, and we’re eager to see what you think of it.]

A Big Win for Free Speech

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Visiting the Liberty Bell Center - Independence National ...

Let freedom ring! (And take that, Deep State!)

A federal judge has ruled that government agencies cannot collude with Big Tech to censor Americans’ free speech (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/breaking-independence-day-victory-free-speech-federal-judge/).

The case, Missouri v. Biden, was brought by Attorney General Eric Schmitt (Missouri) and Attorney General Jeff Landry (Louisiana). Guys, America owes you a debt of gratitude! You went after the bad guys, tangled with them for a year, and thanks to you, freedom has prevailed over tyranny.

(What??? You mean the Dept. of Justice, Homeland Security, the FBI and all the rest of ’em can’t get together with Facebook and Twitter to silence anyone who has a beef with their high-handed policies?)

The major battle, that the good guys won, was to force Facebook and Twitter to hand over documents etc. that showed them colluding with the government to stifle free speech by critics.

Let freedom ring!

What? Ya Mean They Can’t Do That?

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Government control, power, authority and manipulation symbolized by control bar with word Government pulling the strings (chains) of a wooden puppet Stock Photo - Alamy

We all know (don’t we?) that the Constitution doesn’t allow the government to restrict free speech, or freedom of religion, freedom of the press, or the right to peaceful assembly. And just in case there was any confusion about it, the United States Supreme Court ruled in 1943 that

“… A state may not induce, encourage, or promote private persons to accomplish what [the state] is constitutionally forbidden to accomplish” (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/americas-censorship-regime-goes-on-trial-missouri-biden).

Holy cow! You mean the government can’t lean on social media platforms to demand the suppression of any opinions that it doesn’t like? The Constitution, and the Supreme Court, say they’re not allowed to do that?

Well, then, why the devil do they keep doing it? I mean, this is something that they’ve been doing every single day for years!

Finally a lawsuit over this is being heard in the U.S. District Court of Louisiana and is likely on its way to the Supreme Court (Missouri vs. Biden). The government tried to have the suit dismissed but the judge said nothing doing.

This schiff has not only been illegal since 1943; it’s always been illegal!

It’d be nice if we somehow got our government back in line with the Constitution. But don’t look for that to happen without a fight. Big Tech is crawling with “retired” government spooks and spiders. And they are not your friends.