5th Circuit: Biden admin “likely” violated 1st Amendment

Here’s some news that likely won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who has been paying the slightest attention to current events pretty much since the beginning of the pandemic. Earlier this year, the states of Missouri and Louisiana went to court claiming that the Biden administration had colluded with the Big Tech social media platforms to censor the free speech of individuals regarding the government’s COVID response. In July, US District Judge Terry Doughty agreed, issuing a sweeping order barring officials from the CDC, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the Justice Department, and the State Department from having contact with the platforms. The White House appealed, but now a three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit has upheld some of the order, though not all of it. (NY Post)Read More