{"id":1499502,"date":"2022-06-01T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499502"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:31:12","slug":"supreme-court-blocks-social-media-anti-censorship-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-social-media-anti-censorship-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court blocks social media anti-censorship law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-blocks-social-media-anti-censorship-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Texas anti-censorship law Tuesday that would ban social media platforms like Facebook from censoring dissenting opinions.<\/p>\n<p>In a 5-4 vote, the Court granted the emergency request by technology companies to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/02\/texas-big-tech-greg-abbott-unconstitutional-social-media-censorship\/?tpcc%3D=newsletter\">Texas<\/a> from enforcing Texas HB20, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/21a720_6536.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Supreme Court\u2019s brief.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s the court\u2019s brief order blocking Texas from implementing the law for now, with a six-page dissent from Alito: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nb2YE3JWJX\">https:\/\/t.co\/nb2YE3JWJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that Kagan did not sign onto Alito\u2019s dissent, though she indicated that she would have allowed the law to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SCOTUSblog\/status\/1531745117933080577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to stop <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/10\/texas-governor-greg-abbott-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas HB20<\/a> from going into effect until after the lawsuit goes through the lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>The majority did not write an opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the majority.<\/p>\n<p>Alito wrote the dissenting opinion, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, saying they would not have granted the application to vacate stay in this case because the application did not prove the lawsuit was winnable on the merits. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/31\/supreme-court-seizes-clerk-phone-records-leak-investigation\/\">(RELATED: REPORT: Supreme Court Prepares To Seize Clerk Phone Records As Part Of Leak Investigation)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot agree with the Court\u2019s disposition,\u201d Alito wrote. \u201cTo be entitled to vacatur of the stay, applicants must show, among other things, a \u2018substantial likelihood of success on the merits.\u2019 Members of this Court have argued that a determination regarding an applicant\u2019s likelihood of success must be made under \u2018existing law.\u2019 And whether applicants are likely to succeed under existing law is quite unclear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alito said he had not made a decision on the legality of the Texas law.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kagan dissented, she did not join Alito\u2019s written dissent. 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