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Ilya Somin

Court Should Focus on Coercion in Murthy v. Missouri

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On Monday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in Murthy v. Missouri, a case in which the states of Missouri and Louisiana,  and several private plaintiffs argue that the Biden Administration pressured social media firms into taking down posts they deemed to be "misinformation." Most of the justices emphasized that at at least some degree of coercion is required before courts can intervene to block the government's actions in such a case.

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