The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear arguments in a landmark case in which lower courts have ruled that the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment by pressuring social media companies to remove content deemed false or misleading by the White House.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Louisiana Attorney General and Governor-elect Jeff Landry (R-LA) filed the lawsuit.
“The United States Supreme Court has granted cert in Missouri v. Biden – the nation’s highest court will hear the most important free speech case in American history,” Schmitt tweeted.
“I’m proud to have filed this case when I was AG, and will always defend free speech,” he added.
“This grants us an opportunity to affirm once and for all that the government is not permitted to use the government-speech doctrine to muffle the expression of disfavored viewpoints. We look forward to making our arguments soon,” Landry posted on X, quoting Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill.
In July, former President Donald Trump’s appointee, US District Judge Terry Doughty, prohibited a number of executive branch officials from contacting social media companies due to collusion and censorship concerns.
The Supreme Court has stayed Doughty’s decision in