SCOTUS rules in favor of President Trump on Twitter censorship and sends a bad ruling against the President back to the lower court:
Further, the dissenting view by Justice Thomas sends a large warning shot across the bow of the Oligarchs on the Social media's Ship of Fools. They could be in very big trouble. They can't even spell REGULATIONS let alone admit that tCongress is closing in on their free ride over the horizon.
From Conservative Fighters reports that Clarance Tomas gave a Dissenting opinion that was very bad for the Big Tech Oligarchs.
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to a legal fight over former President Donald Trump's effort to block critics from following his now-frozen Twitter account, deciding the dispute was moot and throwing out a lower court's decision that found he had violated constitutional free speech rights.
None of the justices on the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, dissented from Monday's action. But conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a separate opinion echoing concerns made by Republicans about the power of social media companies like Twitter, saying the court needs to step in.
"We will soon have no choice but to address how our legal doctrines apply to highly concentrated, privately owned information infrastructure such as digital platforms," Thomas wrote.
Thomas said social media companies, which under U.S. law have leeway as private entities to moderate user content as they see fit, might have to be treated more like businesses that are subject to public accommodation laws, which require all customers to be treated equally.
Trump had appealed after the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that he had violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment by blocking his critics on the social media platform. Trump, a Republican, left office in January, replaced by Democratic President Joe Biden.
With Trump no longer president, the justices declined to hear arguments and resolve the case on the merits, tossing out the 2nd Circuit decision. Justice Thomas further hinted that the Monopolistic Media platforms abuse of power, and censorship of their media useers comments will in the future cause the Court to have a look at their status under
He said: Republicans and Democrats both have criticized social media companies but often for different reasons, with Republicans saying these platforms have discriminated against conservatives while Democrats contend that the companies have not done enough to remove disinformation and extreme content.
Some Republicans have called for the companies to be stripped of legal protections they are accorded under a measure called Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The law gives companies immunity over content posted on their sites by users. If this happens, they will no longer be able to censor Conservative views, and put out blanket restrictions we saw them impose on Conservatives all through the election cycle. THis action was clearly a violation of Federal election laws and contributed to undue influence over the election just as if they were working for Dominion., and the Democrats.
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