Posted on 06/26/2024 11:47:12 AM PDT by CFW
UPDATE: The Court has issued a 6–3 decision in Murthy v. Missouri, holding that the plaintiffs lack standing.
A case pending at the U.S. Supreme Court stems from the efforts a multitude of federal agencies made to remove certain viewpoints from public view. In other words, they sought to abridge freedom of speech—you know, that thing that the First Amendment explicitly bans.
The case, Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), may support or overturn the 5th Circuit's ruling that the government violated the First Amendment to reduce the circulation of viewpoints that various agencies believed noxious. This included, the court noted in its decision, controversies surrounding the "COVID-19 lab-leak theory, pandemic lockdowns, vaccine side-effects, election fraud, and the Hunter Biden laptop story."
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Consider one of the most colossal censorship errors ever made in a free, democratic republic. In 1934, Winston Churchill's speech condemning "the danger of ignoring German rearmament" aired over the national radio system, the BBC. Churchill was then silenced—for six years the BBC barred his appearance. Only in 1940, when Hitler was marching through Europe, World War II had come to England's doorstep, and Winston Churchill was prime minister would his anti-Hitler message again be heard on the nation's airwaves. Whatever the chances that Churchill's plan of a tough-minded, preemptive move to block Adolf Hitler may have averted the "gathering storm," the tens of millions who died in the horrors of World War II would never know.
By suppressing his speech, the BBC's censors—the disinformation board of its time—likely contributed to carnage. In lieu of saving face for officials running the policy show, the lower-risk path would be to let competing viewpoints bloom. It's the profound gift of a rule prohibiting government's veto power over free speech.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Censorship can change world history...with disastrous results.
I thought those on the SCOTUS ping list might find this article interesting.
Pretty sad...
Isn’t it incredible how Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave,’ written 2404 years ago, remains profoundly relevant today?
bttt
If you want to impeach scotus members for bad behavior, this is it.
and now you know how the nazis came to power
Thanks!
There is no ruling. It’s about standing.
“There is no ruling. It’s about standing.”
Actually, there is a ruling, but the ruling is about standing. The Court stopped at that point and made no determination as to the merits of the case.
Alito’s dissent, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch is worth reading. The dissent begins at page 35.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411_3dq3.pdf
Thank you for the sensible observation-a lack of standing means it has to be presented another day in another way-the sky is not falling over this-it just needs a re-do with more attention to the proper protocol...
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Works both ways.
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Baloney. This ruling is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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