Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘concerned’ First Amendment is ‘hamstringing’ government from censorship

Published March 18, 2024 5:00pm ET



Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raised concerns that the First Amendment may stand in the way of government censorship in unique times.

In Monday’s oral arguments for Murthy v. Missouri, Jackson appeared to be skeptical that the government could not censor social media posts in “the most important time periods.”

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