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U.S. Government Files Emergency Stay Request to Keep Censoring Americans on Social Media
Politics Brief ^ | 07/07/23 | Nathan Baker

Posted on 07/07/2023 9:59:08 AM PDT by Enlightened1

The U.S. government has filed an emergency stay request to lift a recent injunction issued by a federal judge forbidding the government from violating Americans’ First Amendment rights by colluding with social media companies to censor their constitutionally protected speech.

In the emergency stay, the government contended that the injunction was vague and that the attorney generals could not show harm from the censorship, an argument that Judge Terry Doughty had rejected multiple times in the past.

“Defendants respectfully request that the Court stay its July 4 preliminary injunction pending Defendant’s appeal of that order,” the government argued. “The Government faces irreparable harm with each day the injunction remains in effect, as the injunction’s broad scope and ambiguous terms (including a lack of clarity with respect to what the injunction does not prohibit) may be read to prevent the Government from engaging in a vast range of lawful and responsible conduct—including speaking on matters of public concern and working with social media companies on initiatives to prevent grave harm to the American people and our democratic processes.”

“These immediate and ongoing harms to the Government outweigh any risk of injury to Plaintiffs if a stay is granted, and for the same reason, a stay is in the public interest,” the government added. “Moreover, Defendants have shown a substantial case on the merits regarding Plaintiffs’ lack of Article III standing and failure to present evidence substantiating their First Amendment claims. Accordingly, this Court should exercise its discretion to temporarily stay the preliminary injunction during the pendency of Defendants’ Fifth Circuit appeal.”

The government’s stay request thus clearly lays out that the government views its purported defense of “democracy” as trumping American citizens’ constitutionally protected rights.

The lawsuit, first filed by then Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry in May, claimed White House officials colluded with or coerced Big Tech companies to “suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content” on their platforms with “dis-information,” “mis-information” and “mal-information” labels.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1a; bananarepublic; biden; bigtech; censoring; civilrights; collusion; conspiracy; despotism; dissent; emergency; firstamendment; freespeech; marxisttyranny; socialmedia; tyranny
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To: Enlightened1

Think of everything this requests exposes. They are DEMANDING the right to censor speech and control the internet.


21 posted on 07/07/2023 11:21:11 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Enlightened1
defense of “democracy” as trumping American citizens’ constitutionally protected rights.

You could further defend democracy by cancelling the 2024 elections and removing the threat to democracy posed by giving people a choice as to who their elected officals are. [brain going into lockup from the cognative dissonance of writing that sentence].

22 posted on 07/07/2023 11:22:53 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Enlightened1
If the govermedia's language usage were a picture:


23 posted on 07/07/2023 11:26:48 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: Enlightened1

So we went from the government saying they don’t do this to them now filing for protection to do it.

How much more corrupt can it get.


24 posted on 07/07/2023 11:30:02 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Enlightened1

So much news to censor, the Biden Administration doesn’t want any more cats out of the bag for the public to see.

CONTROL that speech Joey B.

While you can.


25 posted on 07/07/2023 11:41:18 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: Enlightened1
In the emergency stay, the government contended that the injunction was vague and that the attorney generals could not show harm from the censorship, an argument that Judge Terry Doughty had rejected multiple times in the past.

Sounds like fear to me.

26 posted on 07/07/2023 11:43:40 AM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Enlightened1

You know, they say they’re fighting mis-information. But yet you can go on social media and find ALL SORTS of posts about the Earth being flat.


27 posted on 07/07/2023 12:40:18 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Enlightened1

Our government sues to keep U.S.citizens off of social media yet they invite millions of illegals into our country. What is wrong with this picture?


28 posted on 07/07/2023 12:44:05 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Enlightened1

Has ANYONE read the filing?


29 posted on 07/07/2023 1:00:53 PM PDT by Fury
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I guess not - more ignorance on a thread:

Here’s the notice of appeal:

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/22/22-30019-CV0.pdf

Come on people, do better.


30 posted on 07/07/2023 1:51:27 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Enlightened1

That is so strange. Before this decision came down, i could have sworn the Biden administration said they didn’t censor anybody.


31 posted on 07/07/2023 2:13:08 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: George from New England

The Evil ones are the enemy that America has lost, due to fraud, to.
America is over never to be recovered.
You will realize it after the 2024 elections.


32 posted on 07/07/2023 3:18:19 PM PDT by TygertLane (One World Order)
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To: Fury

Why would I waste time reading 41 pages of commie lawyer ‘splaining?

Here’s some:

“As we now know better than ever, smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke contribute to significant and lasting
health issues.”

Do we know that about second-hand smoke? That’s what the ‘tards say, but do we? The ‘tards sure aren’t worried about second-hand weed smoke.

Those s-bag lawyers go pretty heavy patting each other on their ass about forcing the “vax” on people too.

Yeah, I can tell these clowns need to sod off from 40,000 feet. No need to get into the weeds.


33 posted on 07/07/2023 5:19:52 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: Sarcazmo

Then don’t read it.


34 posted on 07/07/2023 5:21:47 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury

You told us to.

So I took you up on your challenge and found it to be the waste of time everyone else correctly identified it as.

Do better Fury. You used to be better than this.


35 posted on 07/07/2023 5:25:43 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: Sarcazmo

LOL!

Whatever. At least you read it, so that’s encouraging.

And do better? I’m trying!


36 posted on 07/07/2023 8:12:37 PM PDT by Fury
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To: FrankRizzo890

I don’t have any social media accounts, but I would bet a months pay you could go on and find lots of posts telling you how HONEST the government is!


37 posted on 07/08/2023 12:41:51 AM PDT by 5th MEB
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To: Enlightened1

This is unbelievable. I just can’t believe that the federal government is pleading to be able to censor our free speech.


38 posted on 07/13/2023 2:24:18 PM PDT by Eva
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