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Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law

7 pointsby fooeyalmost 3 years ago

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everforwardalmost 3 years ago
I wish the majority had published an opinion. I think this was the right call, but Alito makes some good points and I wish I could see their refutation. Is it because of irreparable harm from the disclosures or being forced to host others&#x27; speech? That seems reasonable, but I don&#x27;t know the processes surrounding this enough to say.<p>I am interested in how this shakes out, because I don&#x27;t see a clearly correct side. On one hand, being forced to host the speech of others seems like a First Amendment issue. On the other hand, spending a decade pitching yourself as how people connect now and then claiming not to be a public square seems troublesome.<p>Alito cites PruneYard Shopping v. Robins [1], which does seem to support his case. The Supreme Court held that California could force a private shopping center to allow protesters to gather signatures. The underlying reasoning was that the 1st Amendment only prohibits Congress from <i>abridging</i> free speech, and did not prevent a state from having more expansive free speech rights.<p>I&#x27;m curious what the opposing case law is, because I&#x27;m not a lawyer and not motivated enough to go find it.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._Robins" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._R...</a>