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5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment (wapo.st)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem seems to be that the constitution does not say what free speech is and now everyone thinks they are experts on it.

'Coercing' someone to not spread lies and half truths is exactly their job. These judges seem to be either incompetent or crooked. Possibly both.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I believe it does say what Congress is, though, so it should be pretty obvious that the first amendment does not apply to the executive.