🗽 The First Amendment Takes a Beating in the Supreme Court

Late in oral arguments yesterday during theMurthy v Missouricensorship case before the Supreme Court, newest Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson interrogated J. Benjamin Aguinaga, Solicitor General of Louisiana: JACKSON: So my biggest concern is thatyour view has the First Amendment hamstringing the governmentin significant ways in the most important time periods… Can you help me?Because I’m really — I’m really worried about that because you’ve gotthe First Amendment operating in an environment of threatening circumstances from the government’s perspective, and you’re saying that the government can’t interact with the source of those problems. “Can you help me?” Yes, I would love … → The post

Lew Rockwell     Mar 22, 2024