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KBJ says First Amendment “hamstrings" government
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:29 am
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:29 am
Fox News
In a debate Monday at the Supreme Court challenging the Biden administration’s alleged coordination with Big Tech to censor certain messages, one justice raised eyebrows in her comments about the government’s relationship with the First Amendment.
The case stems from a lawsuit brought by Republican-led states Missouri and Louisiana that accused high-ranking government officials of working with giant social media companies "under the guise of combating misinformation" that ultimately led to censoring speech on topics that included Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID-19 origins and the efficacy of face masks — which the states argued was a First Amendment violation.
In nearly two hours of oral arguments, the justices debated whether the Biden administration crossed the constitutional line, and whether its outreach efforts with private companies amounted to permissible persuasion or encouragement versus illegal coercion or threats of retaliation.
"It's got these big clubs available to it, and so it's treating Facebook and these other platforms like their subordinates," Justice Samuel Alito said. But Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took a different approach.
"Your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the federal government in significant ways in the most important time periods," she told the lawyer representing Louisiana, Missouri and private plaintiffs.
"The government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country... by encouraging or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information," she said.
In a debate Monday at the Supreme Court challenging the Biden administration’s alleged coordination with Big Tech to censor certain messages, one justice raised eyebrows in her comments about the government’s relationship with the First Amendment.
The case stems from a lawsuit brought by Republican-led states Missouri and Louisiana that accused high-ranking government officials of working with giant social media companies "under the guise of combating misinformation" that ultimately led to censoring speech on topics that included Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID-19 origins and the efficacy of face masks — which the states argued was a First Amendment violation.
In nearly two hours of oral arguments, the justices debated whether the Biden administration crossed the constitutional line, and whether its outreach efforts with private companies amounted to permissible persuasion or encouragement versus illegal coercion or threats of retaliation.
"It's got these big clubs available to it, and so it's treating Facebook and these other platforms like their subordinates," Justice Samuel Alito said. But Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took a different approach.
"Your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the federal government in significant ways in the most important time periods," she told the lawyer representing Louisiana, Missouri and private plaintiffs.
"The government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country... by encouraging or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information," she said.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:31 am to thebigmuffaletta
Looks like she is doing what they put her there for.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:35 am to thebigmuffaletta
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KBJ says First Amendment “hamstrings" government
And so does everything else in the constitution. The constitution is not a list of things the people can do. It’s a list of things the government can’t do.
I do not expect SCOTUS to get this right.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:36 am to thebigmuffaletta
At least liberals have to own it now.
They can't pretend it's not what their side wants.
Catalyzing times.
They can't pretend it's not what their side wants.
Catalyzing times.
This post was edited on 3/19/24 at 5:58 am
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:40 am to thebigmuffaletta
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"Your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the federal government in significant ways in the most important time periods,"
That's the point you F'n dummie
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:46 am to burger bearcat
The communist takedown of our country continues.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:51 am to thebigmuffaletta
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"The government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country...
Border?
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:58 am to thebigmuffaletta
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"The government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country
She will ignore this if there's a border case at SCOTUS.
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"Your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the federal government in significant ways in the most important time periods,"
It's supposed to be that way.
Maybe the government ought to censor her, since her stupidity is likely to bring harm to the nation.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:59 am to thebigmuffaletta
She’s right.
Finally, she’s right.
Finally, she’s right.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:00 am to thebigmuffaletta
They thought she was a thoroughbred but she’s only a mule!
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:06 am to OccamsStubble
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She’s right.
Finally, she’s right.
Right about what?
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:27 am to thebigmuffaletta
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KBJ says First Amendment “hamstrings" government
Obama said just about the same thing. The Constitution is just a piece of paper to the left.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:31 am to thebigmuffaletta
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First Amendment “hamstrings" government
That’s the idea
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:35 am to thebigmuffaletta
quote:this from a sitting SC Justice. Let that sink in
The government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the citizens of this country... by encouraging or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information," she said.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:39 am to thebigmuffaletta
Free speech is problematic for authoritarians.
The protections we have are far more sacred than their inhumane systems.
The protections we have are far more sacred than their inhumane systems.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:41 am to OccamsStubble
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She’s right. Finally, she’s right.
You're getting downvoted bc people don't get that you're actually on their side.
She IS right. The First Amendment IS hamstringing the government. She isn't right in the way she THINKS she's right, but the words she is saying are accurate. That's the POINT of the First Amendment.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:43 am to OceanMan
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First Amendment “hamstrings" government
That’s the idea
Yep, control freaks dont like it.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:43 am to thebigmuffaletta
“Harmful” information to whom and who in government determines something to be “harmful?”
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:46 am to POTUS2024
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quote:
She’s right.
Finally, she’s right.
Right about what?
Right about the First Amendment, and subsequent Amendments, being written by the Founders to limit the government, and to confirm what was, at the time they were written, already accepted as English Common Law - that man has the God given right by his very existence
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:46 am to thebigmuffaletta
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Your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the federal government in significant ways
Time to get used to it, Ketanji.
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