‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’: Justice Alito Writes Blistering Dissent In Biden Admin Censorship Case

https://dailycaller.com ^ | 6/26/2024 | daily caller

[bitt]

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[FreedomPoster]

This looks to be bad news. Dang.

[sjmjax]

Not clear to me on what grounds the majority made their ruling.

But, it is a dangerous precedent and very disappointing to me.

[Dr. Franklin]

Amy Conehead and Kavanaugh disappoint as usual.

[dayglored]

This decision sucks.

OTOH, it was about how the plaintiffs "lack standing". It's not a judgment about the merits of the case.

So someone else can try ASAP, and we can hope they have standing.

[bitt]

also,

https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/26/exclusive-jim-jordan-lindsey-graham-cpac-letter/

EXCLUSIVE: CPAC Pressures Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham To Open Congressional Investigation Into ‘Sabotage’ Of Supreme Court

[visually_augmented]

This issue of “standing” will be the death of our nation. How many extremely important issues/cases have been ignored by SCOTUS purely on this basis. “And the band played on....”

[dayglored]

> Not clear to me on what grounds the majority made their ruling.

Just "lack of standing", nothing about the actual merits of the case.

[9YearLurker]

Musk should be shamed in providing the strong evidence he has from Twitter to provide to new plaintiffs.

[ducttape45]

Bingo. As I mentioned in another post on this same topic, Kavanaugh and Barrett once again betrayed their supposed conservative leanings, with Roberts pulling his usual Benedict Arnold routine. Much as I hate to say it, Trump really screwed up when he chose Kavanaugh and Barrett for the SC.

[Pajamajan]

bttt

[gibsonguy]

A very bad decision. The leftists used “public health” as the shield for this BS. Now they have free range to crush dissent.

[Dr. Franklin]

Bingo. As I mentioned in another post on this same topic, Kavanaugh and Barrett once again betrayed their supposed conservative leanings, with Roberts pulling his usual Benedict Arnold routine. Much as I hate to say it, Trump really screwed up when he chose Kavanaugh and Barrett for the SC.

Trump frequently didn't choose well in his appointments. I think he deffered too much to McConnell in his selections, and McConnell knew who was secretly a sell out to conservative principles. This crew overturned Roe v. Wade but is lacking in other areas.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

finding that two states and five individual plaintiffs lacked standing to seek an injunction against the government’s wide-ranging efforts to suppress speech online.

Not good. Hopefully this issue can be reframed in a new case and brought before the SC again - hopefully one with justices more concerned about the US Constitution. The Federalist Society's recommendations are not exactly a guarantee of quality.

[joshua c]

the squishes rule that tyranny is allowed under the USC

[Dr. Franklin]

the squishes rule that tyranny is allowed under the USC

It's not that its allowed, it's just that no one has "standing" bring the case to complain. In that way, it's similar to the election suits in 2020.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Not good on this issue, but hopefully good in the long haul.

[DownInFlames]

Worst ruling since Dedd Scott.

[Alberta's Child]

I think Alito is correct on the facts but is probably wrong on the legal technicalities of this particular case.

“Their communications with Facebook were virtual demands,” he wrote, pointing to the White House’s many requests to remove “misinformation” related to COVID-19. “And Facebook’s quavering responses to those demands show that it felt a strong need to yield.”

He’s 100% correct about this. But this would mean that Facebook has the legal standing to sue the U.S. government over this censorship. I don’t see how state governments and private citizens or advocacy groups would have any basis for a legal claim against the government censors here.