DeSantis Says Supreme Court Decision OK's Government Censorship Of Social Media
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| Florida Governor Ron DeSantis |
TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to dismiss a case where lower courts found that officials in the Biden administration pressured social media platforms to unconstitutionally suppress conservative viewpoints on issues such as COVID-19 vaccinations.
The Court did not decide the case on the merits,. Instead, it ruled that the conservative states that brought the lawsuit lacked standing to sue because the states did not suffer any harm.
"We begin—and end—with standing. At this stage, neither the individual nor the state plaintiffs have established standing to seek an injunction against any defendant. We therefore lack jurisdiction to reach the merits of the dispute.,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority.
"The Court majority has rubber-stamped a way for the federal government to censor speech that it doesn’t like," DeSantis tweeted.
"The Court is telling would be censors: you can’t directly censor speech but if you pursue a sophisticated plan with enough subtlety you can get away with doing indirectly what the Constitution clearly for forbids you from doing directly."
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