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Webster Signs Supreme Court Brief Supporting Free Speech
February 9, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, along with Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and 43 Members of Congress, today filed a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting Americans’ right to free speech in the case Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, Et. Al. v. State of Missouri, Et. Al.
“The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that the federal government will not infringe on the right to free speech for all Americans and remains the most effective protecting of speech in the world,” said Rep. Webster. “I am committed to holding big tech and the Biden Administration accountable and protecting our constitutional rights.”
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing in on Murthy v. Missouri on whether federal government officials within the Biden Administration coerced social media companies to censor speech as it relates to controversial subjects such as the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine side effects, and the Hunter Biden laptop story. Congress, particularly the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, have been investigating the executive branch’s collusion with social media companies. Recent evidence obtained through these investigations further corroborates the lower courts’ decisions in this case, upholding that Biden Administration officials likely applied pressure on social media companies with the goal of suppressing protected free speech. The signees of the brief urge the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in favor of the respondent, State of Missouri, and uphold the free speech rights of American citizens.
Read the full amicus brief here.
“The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that the federal government will not infringe on the right to free speech for all Americans and remains the most effective protecting of speech in the world,” said Rep. Webster. “I am committed to holding big tech and the Biden Administration accountable and protecting our constitutional rights.”
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing in on Murthy v. Missouri on whether federal government officials within the Biden Administration coerced social media companies to censor speech as it relates to controversial subjects such as the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine side effects, and the Hunter Biden laptop story. Congress, particularly the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, have been investigating the executive branch’s collusion with social media companies. Recent evidence obtained through these investigations further corroborates the lower courts’ decisions in this case, upholding that Biden Administration officials likely applied pressure on social media companies with the goal of suppressing protected free speech. The signees of the brief urge the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in favor of the respondent, State of Missouri, and uphold the free speech rights of American citizens.
Read the full amicus brief here.
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