This Sunday marks the 66th anniversary of NAACP v. Alabama, the unanimous 1958 Supreme Court ruling that protects every American's right to keep their memberships and donations private.
🎙️With the Supreme Court announcing its decision in Fischer this morning, go back and listen to the oral argument in the case, via
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's "Free Speech Arguments" podcast HERE:
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Years ago the FEC’s then top litigator, only partially joking, said to me, “my goal is to make sure that anyone who would want to sue the FEC will not have standing to sue the FEC.”
Looks like the federal government has finally pulled that off with Murthy v. Missouri.
On jawboning: "The Institute for Free Speech recommends a clarifying bright-line rule: "The government violates the
#FirstAmendment
whenever it requests the removal of lawful political speech. There is no need to determine whether the request is 'coercive.'"
US Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of the Biden Administration in a case involving social media. The case pitted the White House against several Republican-led states. Senior Attorney at the
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, Charles Chip Miller, shares his reaction to the ruling.
58% of American adults are concerned that AI usage will increase the spread of false information during the 2024 presidential election. Listen now and share your verdict.
Hear two legal experts and cross-examiners
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We made this point in a recent op-ed about CA's social media verification bill. Think about how dangerous it is for anonymous political activists, especially those speaking out against foreign governments who don't play by our rules, to be doxxed.
New from 404 Media: the ID verification service for TikTok, Uber, X, and many more tech companies exposed real peoples' driver licenses. As we move towards an internet forcing us to verify our identities, shows these companies will absolutely be targeted
This is the part I like least. If govt pressure caused platforms to change their speech rules, which led platforms to suppress their speech... then plaintiffs still have no standing. Because the pressure, having succeeded, is over now and no longer redressable.