Covid: Murphy vs. Missouri
Segment # 192
So much about life in the world for the past four years has been Covid, the pandemic and policy which will affect us for decades. Institutional knowledge of what is real and what has been corrupted by the system comes at a bureaucratically slow pace. In my opinion the Supreme Court is unfortunately no exception. To not understand that U.S. citizens were injured by government cajoled opinion spewed by social media is a pretty significant failing. But it happens.
Barrett and Kavanaugh got this one wrong because they failed to do their research on Covid which is precisely why Missouri had standing in this case. Missouri citizens died because of the information the government forced the social media platforms to promulgate. It is provable now and it will be increasingly more obvious as data further embarrasses the federal government and their agencies. Alito is thinking bigger picture and while he is correct this case was lost on standing.
References Supreme Court Murthy v. Missouri – First Amendment:
23A243 Murthy v. Missouri (10/23/2023) (supremecourt.gov)
The Supreme Court's Dangerous Standing Ruling in Murthy v. Missouri (reason.com)
Murthy v. Missouri - SCOTUSblog
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a243_7l48.pdf (Alito Diseent)
Standing
In legal terms, standing refers to a party’s right to bring a lawsuit or participate in a legal proceeding. To have standing, a person or entity must demonstrate a sufficient connection to the case, such as a direct injury or a legally recognized interest. Essentially, it ensures that only those with a legitimate stake in the matter can pursue legal action.
Justifying the Decision
The implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Murthy v. Missouri are multifaceted. While I don’t have specific details about this case, I can provide some general insights:
First Amendment Protections: The ruling likely reaffirms the importance of First Amendment rights, including freedom of speech and expression. It underscores the need to balance these rights with other societal interests.
Agency Influence: The case highlights the role of federal agencies in shaping online discourse. If agencies were indeed pressuring social media platforms to restrict content, it raises questions about government influence over private companies’ policies.
Standing Requirements: The court’s dismissal due to lack of standing emphasizes the importance of meeting legal prerequisites for filing lawsuits. Plaintiffs must demonstrate a direct injury or legitimate interest to pursue legal action.
Tech Company Responsibility: The decision may prompt discussions about the responsibilities of tech companies in moderating content. Balancing free speech with community guidelines remains a complex challenge.
Remember that these implications are general observations, and the specifics of Murthy v. Missouri would provide more context. For precise details, I recommend consulting legal experts or reliable news sources.
Alito in the Minority
At this time in the history of our country, what the Court has done, I fear, will be seen by some as giving the Government a green light to use heavy-handed tactics to skew the presentation of views on the medium that increasingly dominates the dissemination of news. That is most unfortunate
Barrett in the Majority
As Barrett’s majority opinion lays out, this lawsuit never should have been filed in the first place, and no federal court should have entertained it. Her opinion holds that the Murthy plaintiffs, who raised vague allegations that the government tried to censor them, could not even show that the government did anything to harm them in the first place.
Murthy involves a wide range of communications among the White House, various federal agencies, and major social media platforms like Facebook and X (the website formerly known as Twitter). Some of these communications urged platforms to remove content, such as speech seeking to recruit terrorists, to spread election disinformation, or to promote false and potentially harmful medical advice — including false claims about Covid-19 and vaccines.
Two Trump justices just failed the First Amendment test
JUNE 28, 2024
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday in Murthy v. Missouri was no mere procedural vote on standing. Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett have betrayed us.
The U.S. Supreme Court may have mortally wounded the Constitution this week by seemingly forgetting or not caring that the First Amendment is kind of the whole ballgame.
I mean, it was first, after all. Isn’t that important? You might even say that it — to borrow a legal phrase — indicates “standing.”
Can you imagine the level of censorship you should prepare to see in the next 19 weeks ahead of the November election?
Stick with me now, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. Because if “we the people” don't have permanent and unambiguous standing on behalf of the First Amendment to the Constitution, then explain to me what we can possibly have standing on without threat of it being taken away.
And what is the ACLU’s standing to sue Oklahoma over speech? Or what's the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation’s standing to sue Louisiana over speech? Notice how this street only goes one way? So if you happen to think this latest Supreme Court perversion of justice in Murthy v. Missouri is just a procedural vote, let me first tell you that David French and his never-ending menagerie of blessings of liberty send their regards.
Let me now put a finer point on it. Do any of you remember the 2013 marriage case known as Windsor v. United States? And do you remember on what grounds the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional? There were concurring majority opinions, but the main reason the court ruled against the marriage amendment in California was that — wait for it — the people of California lacked standing.
More than 8 million Californians voted for Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman. That’s more than had ever voted for any Republican candidate for office, from governor to president, in the state’s history. Thus, when it comes to questions of “standing,” the game has been afoot for quite some time.
This was not merely a simple procedural thing for the current court to rule on standing. This was a coward's way out for Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. They are now in the same class of justices who botched Plessy v. Ferguson, Dred Scott, and Roe v. Wade.
This Supreme Court ruling has made clear it is fine for you to be sorted as an “other” if it suits the appropriate powers and principalities. Now who is doing that sorting, you might ask?
In each of the three historic cases mentioned above, it was the government saying separate is equal, Dred Scott is property, and the unborn aren’t persons.
So shall it be moving forward regarding vaccines, transgenderism, and whatever else the woke terrorists demand. Can you imagine the level of censorship you should prepare to see in the next 19 weeks ahead of the November election? It doesn’t matter that they got caught red-handed burying the Hunter Biden laptop story to win last time. They just got permission to top that every day.
So don’t you dare try to tell me that I'm overreacting. I’ve written two best-selling books about the COVID scam that is the Orwellian impetus for the government and Big Tech cabal behind Murthy v. Missouri. Yet I’m now being told that we must vote Republican to get good judges so we can make censorship great again in the name of injecting a toxic genetic serum in our arms without any say whatsoever?
In hindsight — and I can't believe I'm going to say this because I find it revolting — knowing what I know now after the pro-life movement has lost ground upon the rejection of Roe two year ago, I would honestly trade losing the Dobbs case in exchange for reversing Murthy. That's how vital I think this is.
Social media is the modern-day town square, and you have been told to expect to get the hell out whenever it suits those who hate you for daring to get up in the morning and having an opinion that isn’t state-approved. I don't know how it’s even possible to overreact to this dreadful decision. America’s founders threw tea into the harbor simply for being taxed too much. For this, they wouldn’t have hesitated to set the entire boat on fire and send it to the bottom of the ocean.
This is 2024, though. Today, I am compelled to vote for Donald Trump to throw a monkey wrench into this absurd and lawless status quo while fully realizing that he’s the guy who gave us two of the justices who just steamrolled the First Amendment. To think we fought like hell for a known mediocrity like Kavanaugh because of how deceitful we found the attacks against him during his confirmation only to have him just announce it’s open season on us.
Isn’t that a kick in the pants?
Tragically, we are probably not deserving of a better fate. Cultural gluttony and civic decadence can only go on for so long before the wheels come off and the destination becomes the bottom of a cliff. How’s that for “standing”?
I’m sure our children will understand.