Will Oremus

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments right now on claims that the Biden admin violated the First Amendment by pressuring Facebook, Twitter, YouTube et al to moderate posts deemed misinfo about Covid-19 and elections.

We're live-blogging the arguments here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/18/supreme-court-social-media-biden-missouri/

Live updates: Supreme Court weighs key social media First Amendment case

The Supreme Court’s decision could have sweeping implications for government’s communications with social media about elections, public health and disinformation.

The Washington Post
Mar 18, 2024 at 2:15pmWeb
Show threadWill OremusMar 18, 2024
The lawyer for the Republican states and plaintiffs is getting absolutely shredded by the justices' questions so far. Starting to think the right-leaning lower courts did them no favors by accepting shaky arguments so uncritically... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/18/supreme-court-social-media-biden-missouri/#link-TUAHL5B6SZBNVLGUSVFU3AYAIA
Live updates: Supreme Court weighs key social media First Amendment case

The Supreme Court’s decision could have sweeping implications for government’s communications with social media about elections, public health and disinformation.

The Washington Post
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanMar 18, 2024

@willoremus "Things got so bad for Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga early on that Justice Samuel A. Alito, who has seemed sympathetic to the plaintiffs’ case, tried to help him get back on track. Saying he worried that some earlier questions had taken Aguiñaga beyond the arguments in his brief, Alito articulated his own, more careful version of the core claims."

Fucking Alito, lol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/18/supreme-court-social-media-biden-missouri/#link-GVRNHZ3DARCT5NKGMIZW2CB4DA

Live updates: Supreme Court weighs key social media First Amendment case

The Supreme Court’s decision could have sweeping implications for government’s communications with social media about elections, public health and disinformation.

The Washington Post
Show threadCheDNMar 18, 2024
@willoremus Worked pretty well for em in the "school prayer" case. https://www.vox.com/2022/6/27/23184848/supreme-court-kennedy-bremerton-school-football-coach-prayer-neil-gorsuch
The Supreme Court’s “praying coach” decision rests on a bed of lies

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District is a big victory for the religious right, but only because Gorsuch misrepresents the facts of the case.

Vox