The state of California is leading a charge of 23 Democrat-led states arguing the Supreme Court should overturn a “sweeping” decision that banned the government from coordinating with social media companies to censor Americans.In a brief submitted to the high court, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his blue state colleagues support President Biden’s Justice Department in arguing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s “sweeping” decision in the case of Missouri v. Biden. That case stems from a lawsuit brought by Republicans in Missouri and Louisiana that accused high-ranking government officials of working with giant social media companies to censor speech on topics that included Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID-19 origins and the efficacy of face masks.
The 5th Circuit ruled administration officials “likely violated” the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction banning the government from communicating with Big Tech platforms about user content.