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The Censorship Empire Strikes Back After Missouri v. Biden Free Speech Victory
The Federalist ^ | JULY 12, 2023 | AARON KHERIATY

Posted on 07/12/2023 12:46:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The day after the federal court in Missouri v. Biden granted our request for a preliminary injunction against the government’s censorship regime, law professors Leah Litman and Laurence Tribe published an article in Slate slamming the court’s ruling. Framing the case in entirely partisan terms, Litman and Tribe’s analysis betrayed an inadequate understanding of the First Amendment free speech guarantees and established limits on government power.

The next day, the Biden administration requested a stay against the injunction (which was denied by the district court judge) and appealed the decision to the Fifth Circuit. 

As one of the plaintiffs in this case, I can clearly see errors of fact and legal reasoning in their diatribe against the decision. In the opening paragraph, the authors baldly assert, “The impetus behind the case is the now thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory that the government is somehow strong-arming Big Tech into censoring conservative speech and speakers in violation of the First Amendment.” The incantation “thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory” is meant here to function as a hypnotic device, absolving readers from actually examining the reams of evidence we present in the case.

In another unintelligible rhetorical flourish, they assert in the closing paragraph that the court’s ruling is “trying to make the infamous ‘Twitter Files’ into constitutional law.” Anyone who has read the “Twitter Files” reports will have trouble understanding what that sentence even means.  The court did not rely on the “Twitter Files” but rather on information in the case unearthed in preliminary discovery. Between these beguiling bookends, Litman and Tribe ignore the evidence and sidestep the relevant legal questions.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: censorship; facebook; laurencetribe; leahlitman; twitter
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1 posted on 07/12/2023 12:46:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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2 posted on 07/12/2023 12:56:06 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They know this is ludicrous but meant for public consumption to inure the masses to their totally ignoring the ruling and law.


3 posted on 07/12/2023 1:45:40 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

ENJOY THE SHOW:DIRECTOR’S CUT:
HOW WE’VE BEEN LIED TO. (2 HOURS)
Suggest you watch it NOW just in case it suddenly vanishes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSX7ESKLdTM


4 posted on 07/12/2023 1:46:18 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (=uran)
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To: SaveFerris
I wish we could add Gaslight in there somewhere.

-PJ

5 posted on 07/12/2023 1:48:49 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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6 posted on 07/12/2023 1:54:00 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lawrence Tribe? Too bad that old hack isn’t a federal judge.


7 posted on 07/12/2023 1:56:36 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"The incantation “thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory” is meant here to function as a hypnotic device, absolving readers from actually examining the reams of evidence we present in the case."

Ooohhh that's good...

Applies to the election fraud too.

8 posted on 07/12/2023 2:03:11 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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["The incantation “thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory” is meant here to function as a hypnotic device, absolving readers from actually examining the reams of evidence we present in the case."]


9 posted on 07/12/2023 2:06:47 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dunno anything about Litman, but Larry Tribe is a nut. The truth is usually the opposite of what be says on just about any issue.


10 posted on 07/12/2023 2:11:19 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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Bkmk


11 posted on 07/12/2023 2:11:40 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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Bttt


12 posted on 07/12/2023 2:40:13 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: Dick Bachert
ENJOY THE SHOW is about Creative Artists Agency (CAA) ran by the State Department. They run Holly-wood.

13 posted on 07/12/2023 2:56:20 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My Guess: Litman and Tribemare two Bolshevik Jews like Schumer, Schiff and NAdler.

Its amazing how a whole class of Bolsheviks have arisen in America who want t o destroy America just like their immediate forefathers helped Stalin to destroy Russia.

I do not regard these Bolsheviks as Jews, for they have substituted God with KArl Marx. THey also plague Benjamin Nethanyahu in Israel.

We need to de-elect and ridicule the lot of them.


14 posted on 07/12/2023 3:08:23 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=300></img>)
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To: SaveFerris

Send that to Kamala!


15 posted on 07/12/2023 3:54:09 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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With a record like that you’d think he would be a “journalist”.


16 posted on 07/12/2023 4:04:33 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Communists lie; they never tell the truth.


17 posted on 07/12/2023 4:18:20 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Dick Bachert

Looks interesting so far. Thanks for posting.


18 posted on 07/12/2023 4:22:07 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Litman and Tribe, why doesn’t it surprise me that these two would be in favor of the warped power grab of the Biden regime? The smell of power and money attracts people like this like the smell of carrion attracts vultures.


19 posted on 07/12/2023 4:56:18 AM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: sauropod; euram; Gay State Conservative

HT GSC.. .LAWRENCE TRIBE IS A GRADE A POS.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1990/6/7/allegations-of-racism-ignite-citywide-debate/

He was amongst a cluster of NIMBY liberals who successfully destroyed a minority-focused daycare center in Cambridge.

Small wonder that he’s a jack wagon in this situation, too. Tribe can gargle with razor blades.


20 posted on 07/12/2023 5:08:04 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s².)
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