Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey told FOX News Digital that the Supreme Court lawsuit alleging “collusion” between President Biden’s administration and Big Tech companies to silence certain speech on social media platforms is He called it “the most important First Amendment case in the history of this country.”
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Marcy v. Missouri. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana that accused government officials of colluding with major social media companies to combat misinformation.
The lawsuit alleges that this collaboration ultimately led to the censorship of speech on a variety of topics, including Hunter Biden’s laptop, the origins of COVID-19, and the effectiveness of masks.
“This is the most important First Amendment case in the history of this country,” Bailey told FOX News Digital in an interview in late February. “We uncover a relationship of coercion and collusion between President Biden and various federal bureaucracies that are subjecting free speech to censorship at the government’s request on Big Tech’s social media platforms.” I made it.”
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The AGs allege that the Biden administration and Big Tech companies colluded to silence certain speech on social media platforms. (Jim Roe Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“We must build a wall of separation between Big Tech and the state to protect our First Amendment right to free speech,” Bailey said. “That’s why we went to court in May, asking a federal district court for a nationwide injunction to lay the first brick in the wall between technology and the state.”
“The court granted the injunction on July 4, National Day, and we successfully defended the injunction twice before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.”
“In the fight for free speech, Missouri scores a 3 and Biden scores a 0,” Bailey added. He said they are “excited to continue fighting to protect Americans’ free speech rights on Big Tech platforms.”
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey called the Biden censorship case “the most important” First Amendment case in U.S. history. (AP Photo/David A. Reeve, File)
Arguments in the case drew eyebrow-raising headlines, particularly from Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson, who commented that the First Amendment was holding the government back.
The Supreme Court considered Monday whether the Biden administration’s efforts to reach out to private companies crossed a constitutional line. The debate focused on whether these efforts amounted to permissible persuasion and encouragement, or unlawful coercion and threats of retaliation.
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On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raised eyebrows. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“They treat Facebook and other platforms like their subordinates because they let the big clubs take advantage of them,” Justice Samuel Alito said.
Brown-Jackson, on the other hand, took a different approach.
“In your view, the First Amendment has tremendous influence on the federal government at a time when it matters most,” he told attorneys representing Louisiana, Missouri and private plaintiffs. he said.
“Governments do indeed have an obligation to take steps to protect the people of this country by encouraging and even pressuring platforms to remove harmful information,” she said.
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A majority of the court appeared to have doubts about the case, asking questions that suggested they might disagree with the opinion of the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, according to news reports.
A ruling on the case is expected this summer.
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
