Pelican State News

AG Jeff Landry and SG Liz Murrill Bring Landmark Case to Nation's Highest Court

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari and will hear Louisiana and Missouri vs. Biden et al., offering an opportunity to present this landmark case and defend the First Amendment at the highest court in the land.

“We are pleased to learn that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this case, giving us yet another opportunity to defend the people from this assault on our First Amendment rights,” Solicitor General Liz Murrill said. “It brings us one step closer to reestablishing the protections guaranteed to us in the Constitution and under the First Amendment. We hope that the Supreme Court will agree that this gross abuse of power must stop and never happen again.”

Previously, a federal judge blocked the Biden Administration from colluding with Big Tech companies to censor Americans' protected speech. On July 4, 2023, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana prohibited key Biden officials from pressuring or conspiring with social media companies to suppress any content containing protected free speech on their platforms.

The federal government appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which ultimately sided with Louisiana and Missouri. Now, the case will be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court, deciding once and for all the limits of federal power under the Constitution to suppress speech on social media platforms.

“This is a significant opportunity for the American people to be heard in the highest court of the land,” Solicitor General Murrill stated. “It also grants us an opportunity to affirm once and for all that the government is not permitted to use the government-speech doctrine to muffle the expression of disfavored viewpoints. We look forward to making our arguments soon.” 

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