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Eugene

(67,101 posts)
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 09:30 PM Sep 2023

Appeals court reverses much of judge's order blocking Biden administration officials from communicat

Source: CNN

(CNN) — A federal appeals court narrowed a judge’s order that blocked Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies.

With its new ruling Friday, the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed much of the controversial order issued as part of a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general that claimed the administration engaged in unconstitutional censorship in its efforts to combat Covid-19 disinformation.

The three-judge panel said the preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Terry Doughty in July was “both vague and broader than necessary to remedy the Plaintiffs’ injuries, as shown at this preliminary juncture.”

The appeals court reversed several aspects of Doughty’s sweeping order, concluding that those pieces of it risked blocking the federal government “from engaging in legal conduct.”

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By Tierney Sneed, CNN
Updated 7:58 PM EDT, Fri September 8, 2023


Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/08/politics/biden-administration-social-media-lawsuit/index.html



Full headline: Appeals court reverses much of judge’s order blocking Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies

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Appeals court reverses much of judge's order blocking Biden administration officials from communicat (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2023 OP
Well at least there is one brain cell left among the 5th Circuit BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #1
Well YAY! and fuck trump's doughty Cha Sep 2023 #2
Plaintiff's Injury Mblaze Sep 2023 #3
Welcome to DU, Mblaze! calimary Sep 2023 #6
Dang! Well that's a nice surprise. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2023 #4
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has pleasantly surprised me summer_in_TX Sep 2023 #5

BumRushDaShow

(169,761 posts)
1. Well at least there is one brain cell left among the 5th Circuit
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 10:14 PM
Sep 2023

that realized that if you cut off the entire Executive Branch from "communicating" with a regulated industry, then you effectively neuter the point of the Branch.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
6. Welcome to DU, Mblaze!
Sat Sep 9, 2023, 06:12 PM
Sep 2023

Might as well be! Sounds like a good name for a MAGA garage band. Or maybe that would be a MAGA garbage band.

summer_in_TX

(4,168 posts)
5. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has pleasantly surprised me
Sat Sep 9, 2023, 01:02 AM
Sep 2023

with this ruling.

They're very conservative and I'm usually unpleasantly unsurprised by their decisions.

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