Bryan Cave LLP

We are back at #SCOTUS today to argue Murthy v. Missouri! NCLA is urging the Justices to uphold an injunction granted by the Fifth Circuit that would bar officials from the White House, CDC, FBI, CISA, and Surgeon General’s office from coercing social media platforms to censor lawful speech. Social media platforms, acting at the federal government’s behest, repeatedly censored NCLA’s clients Drs. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, and Aaron Kheriaty, and Ms. Jill Hines for articulating views on those platforms in opposition to government-approved views on Covid-19 issues. What's important about Murthy v. Missouri: the unlawful government censorship has deprived Americans not only of their right to speak but also to hear the views of those who are being silenced! And Elon Musk is right in saying that "many Americans still have no idea this happened." As Glenn Greenwald pointed out, this is the most under-reported and under-discussed story of 2023: the Biden WH and FBI committed one of the gravest attacks on #FirstAmendment in decades by coercing Big Tech to censor dissent online. This insidious censorship was a campaign to silence those who voice perspectives that deviate from those of the federal government—something that the First Amendment was designed to protect. NCLA will continue to be a defender of #freespeech for ALL Americans. Shout out to our brave clients and talented attorneys for taking this case before the highest court in the land!