"Supreme Court's Impact on Free Speech and Censorship"

During the Supreme Court oral argument in the social media censorship case Murthy v. Missouri, Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson's comments raised concerns about her and other liberal justices' disregard for the First Amendment. Her worry about the government's perspective of "threatening circumstances" and its impact on communication with social media companies was criticized, especially in light of the government's past censorship of Covid-related information and the Hunter Biden laptop story. The argument highlighted the need to focus on the textually based standard of the First Amendment and raised questions about how the justices will apply it in their decision.