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Deporting the Cancer Kid

Plus: Pell Grant fraud, New York mayoral candidate defaulting on student loans, and more...

Reason

Marco Rubio Stands By Removal Of U.S. Citizen Children: 'The Children Went With Their Mother'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood by the removal of two U.S. citizen children, one of them suffering from cancer. "The children went with their mothers."

Latin Times

"Illegal": Trump-nominated judge furious

The child's father filed to keep her in the U.S. before she was removed from the country Friday

Salon

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Trump-appointed judge says 2-year-old U.S. citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’

At least three young citizen children were removed from Louisiana in cases that alarm civil rights groups

The Independent UK

ICE deports the mother of a breastfeeding infant and a 2-year-old who is a US citizen

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the breastfeeding Cuban-born mother of a one-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely

The Independent UK

First Amendment Censorship Claims Against Stanford Internet Observatory Can Go Forward to Discovery as to Jurisdiction and Standing

From Hines v. Stamos, decided today by Judge Terry Doughty (W.D. La.): This case stems from Defendants' alleged participation in… The post First Amendment Censorship Claims Against Stanford Internet Observatory Can Go Forward to Discovery as to Jurisdiction and Standing appeared first on Reason.com.

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Federal Judge Allows RFK Jr. Lawsuit Against Biden Administration

Federal judge allows Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s lawsuit against Biden administration over social media censorship to proceed.

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Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit

The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judges are blocking Biden’s plans to protect LGBT+ students

Republican-appointed judges side with GOP lawsuits targeting Title IX protections for trans students

The Independent UK

US supreme court to hear case about government requests to social media companies

The case will determine if the White House violated free speech protections when requesting social networks to remove Covid misinformation

The Guardian - US

FIRE Highlights the Blatant Hypocrisy of State Officials Who Decry Government Meddling With Social Media

Even as they attack the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation," Missouri and Louisiana defend legal restrictions on content moderation.

Reason

No Arbitration of Suit Alleging Stanford Internet Observatory et al. Collaborated with Government to Pressure Social Media Platforms

From Judge Terry Doughty's opinion yesterday in Hines v. Stamos (W.D. La.) (already being appealed), rejecting defendants' motion to compel arbitration: Hines is a … co-Director of Health Freedom Louisiana, a consumer and human rights advocacy organization. Hoft is … the founder, owner, and operator of the news website, The…

Reason

SCOTUS Will Decide When the Government's Social Media Meddling Violates the First Amendment

The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.

Reason

Top US court halts order limiting officials’ contact with social media orgs

The injunction would have barred the administration of President Joe Biden from weighing in on social media content.

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The 5th Circuit Agrees That Federal Officials Unconstitutionally 'Coerced' or 'Encouraged' Online Censorship

The appeals court narrowed a preliminary injunction against such meddling but confirmed the threat that it poses to freedom of speech.

WEKU

Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies

The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment.

The Independent UK

Appeals court scales back order squelching Biden administration contact with social media platforms

A federal appeals court has significantly whittled down a lower court order curbing Biden administration communications with social media companies

Roll Call

Appeals court weighs order on social media content moderation - Roll Call

An appellate court panel heard arguments Thursday about the government's ability to contact social media companies on content moderation.

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The Independent UK

Appeal arguments are set on an order limiting Biden administration communications with social media

Biden administration attorneys are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to block a lower court's order that limited executive branch officials’ communications with social media companies about controversial online posts

WEKU

Court pauses order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' communications with social media companies about controversial online posts.

The Independent UK

Appeals court pauses order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies

A federal appeals court has temporarily paused a lower court’s order limiting executive branch officials’ communications with social media companies about controversial online posts

Reason

Some Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Censorship by Proxy Have a Beef With the 1st Amendment Itself

"Disinformation" researchers alarmed by the injunction against government meddling with social media content admire legal regimes that allow broad speech restrictions.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Biden administration’s loss in social media ‘misinformation’ case is a win for free speech

Even “verifiable misinformation” is protected by the First Amendment, which means the government has no business trying to suppress it.

Reason

Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Anti-'Misinformation' Crusade See No Threat to Freedom of Speech

The response to the decision illustrates the alarming erosion of bipartisan support for the First Amendment.

The Independent UK

Judge refuses to put hold on order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies

A federal judge in Louisiana has refused to put a temporary hold on his own order limiting Biden administration contacts with social media companies

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