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| − | '''Murthy v. Missouri''', Supreme Court No. 23-411, is a lawsuit by states and websites against federal government [[censorship]] on the [[internet]]. Oral argument is on March 18, 2024. | + | '''Murthy v. Missouri''', Supreme Court No. 23-411, is a lawsuit by states and websites against federal government [[censorship]] on the [[internet]]. Oral argument was held on March 18, 2024,<ref>A case to be heard on the same day, involving similar issues, is ''NRA v. Vullo'', in which the [[NRA]] prevailed at this stage against retaliation by the State of [[New York]]. Yet the majority opinion in ''Murthy v. Missouri'' makes any mention of the ''Vullo'' decision, while the dissent in ''Murthy'' mentions it eight times.</ref> and the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rendered its decision on June 26, 2024. |
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| − | A case to be heard on the same day, involving similar issues, is ''NRA v. Vullo''.
| + | Justice Barrett wrote for the 6-3 Court: |
| | + | {{cquote|During the 2020 election season and the COVID-19 pandemic, social-media platforms frequently removed, demoted, or fact checked posts containing allegedly false or misleading information. At the same time, federal officials, concerned about the spread of “misinformation” on social media, communicated extensively with the platforms about their content-moderation efforts. |
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| | + | The plaintiffs, two States and five social-media users, sued dozens of Executive Branch officials and agencies, alleging that they pressured the platforms to suppress protected speech in violation of the First Amendment. The Fifth Circuit agreed, concluding that the officials’ communications rendered them responsible for the private platforms’ moderation decisions. It then affirmed a sweeping preliminary injunction. |
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| | + | The Fifth Circuit was wrong to do so. To establish standing, the plaintiffs must demonstrate a substantial risk that, in the near future, they will suffer an injury that is traceable to a Government defendant and redressable by the injunction they seek. Because no plaintiff has carried that burden, none has standing to seek a preliminary injunction.}} |
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| | + | ''Murthy v. Missouri'', No. 23-411, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 2842, at *10-11 (June 26, 2024) |
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