Posted on 08/07/2023 9:58:01 AM PDT by John Semmens
Though the Court has ruled that the Biden Administration's "partnership" with social media to censor freedom of speech is unconstitutional, New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with the attorneys general of 20 other states, is asking the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overrule this decision and allow the Biden administration to continue to instruct social media companies on impermissible content.
"The risk to health and welfare from allowing erroneous ideas to poison the minds of the people is of sufficient magnitude to outweigh a misguided belief that a so-called individual right to freedom should prevent the government from suppressing undesirable speech," James argued. "It is our contention that the 'general welfare' clause in the first sentence of the Constitution supersedes the subsequent addendum restricting the government's authority to abridge freedom of speech. As such, state governments retain the right to act as a liaison between the federal government and social media in a cooperative effort to root out doctrinal error."
"In particular need of censorship are words that mock those holding the authority to rule," James warned. "Whether the target is President Biden or individual state governors, mockery erodes the respect that fosters the obedience crucial to ensuring an effective governance. Allowing mockery to stand unpunished invites rebellion and chaos. Stifling disloyal remarks in the bud is the ounce of prevention that preserves the peace."
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It’s time to deport these migrants to China or North Korea, where they belong!
They will until it bites them in the rear. Then they’ll act confused and wonder what happened and how could this happen?
They are opportunists and all-in until it happens to them or their guy.
You might say that they are hypocrites.
Do they know something we don’t? They speak and act as if they know they will being in their “ivory towers” forever.....without consequences.
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