The president of the Brownstone Institute argued that a crucial upcoming Supreme Court case is so key that it effectively places Americans’ free speech rights on trial.
Brownstone president Jeffrey Tucker wrote in a March 1 column that he “never witnessed anything as crucial to the future of the idea of freedom itself compared with what will transpire on March 18, 2024.” That is the day on which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Murthy v. Missouri’s arguments “concerning whether the government can force or nudge private companies to censor users on behalf of regime priorities.” The legal interpretation of the First Amendment and its freedoms will thus be at stake. MRC Free Speech America’s unique CensorTrack.org research was central to the Murthy v. Missouri suit.
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