The Supreme Court must protect the First Amendment in Murthy v. Missouri

Published March 16, 2024 6:00am ET



The Founding Fathers believed that freedom of expression is essential to a free and fair nation. That’s precisely why the protection of free speech finds its place as the First Amendment to our Constitution. Safeguarding the First Amendment should be the goal of all Americans.

After all, it’s our pressure release valve. Unfortunately, as discovered in the lawsuit I filed when I was Missouri’s attorney general, formerly Missouri v. Biden and now Murthy v. Missouri, the Biden administration built a censorship leviathan that encompassed numerous agencies and officials. Through a chilling, concerted effort, these agencies and officials colluded with and coerced social media companies to censor speech online. Speech, that is, which didn’t fit the approved narrative.

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