Louisiana heads to the United States Supreme Court to defend our First Amendment rights against government censorship
Freedom of speech is one of the most important liberties we have as Americans, serving as a bulwark to protect democracy from a government that might censor its people.
WHO: Louisiana Attorney
General Liz Murrill and Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga
WHAT: Murthy v.
Missouri
WHERE: Supreme Court of the
United States in Washington D.C.
WHEN: Oral arguments begin
at 10 a.m. EST, Monday, March 18
WHY:
George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four as a warning against
tyranny. He never intended it to be used as a how-to guide by the federal
government. Yet our case has uncovered over 20,000 pages of documents -- along
with over 100 pages of fact findings by a district judge -- highlighting an
extensive censorship campaign stemming directly from the President of the
United States and his federal government.
As a result, this has become one of the most important cases in
a century related to the First Amendment. Oral arguments will be made before
the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 18, 2024. That is when we will present
a powerful argument to the Court, which we believe will validate the original
ruling by a district judge that Biden’s censorship enterprise is a massive
violation of the First Amendment.
Freedom of speech is one of the most important liberties we have
as Americans, serving as a bulwark to protect democracy from a government that
might censor its people. We hope to get a strong, powerful message from the
United States Supreme Court that the First Amendment still matters and that the
federal government cannot engage in a broad ranging enterprise to stifle
protected speech.