While it will likely be a couple of months before the Supreme Court issues its opinion in Murthy v. Missouri (f/k/a Missouri v. Biden), there are snippets from the oral argument last Monday that linger in the air.
Most notable, in my view, was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concern that the Plaintiffs’ position (namely, that the government shouldn’t be working hand-in-glove with social media platforms to censor opinions and users who disagree with government policy) might “hamstring” the government in “significant ways.” To which my instinctive reply is, “You’re darn right, Justice Jackson.”
I know it can’t be laid at the feet of lack of education. Jackson’s parents were well-educated and she herself was a champion debater in high school before obtaining both an undergraduate and law degree from Harvard University.
She was hired admittedly as an affirmative action placement.
Her recent utterances show her true lack of understanding (or intentional obfuscation) of the constitution!
6:55 you crack me up! The government is quite well allowed to communicate with it’s corporate and individual citizens, and Justice Jackson’s concern was merited. While the government cannot censor speech, it is not prohibited from speaking itself. That’s what she was concerned with “hamstringing.” But I understand that you need to take oversimplified positions in accordance with your personal fears and anger.