{"id":1965773,"date":"2023-07-06T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretty-stupid-obama-ag-criticizes-court-ban-on-biden-admins-censorship-by-proxy-scheme\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:42:39","slug":"pretty-stupid-obama-ag-criticizes-court-ban-on-biden-admins-censorship-by-proxy-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretty-stupid-obama-ag-criticizes-court-ban-on-biden-admins-censorship-by-proxy-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s former Attorney General criticizes court ban on Biden administration&#8217;s censorship-by-proxy scheme as &#8220;pretty stupid.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fpretty-stupid-obama-ag-criticizes-court-ban-on-biden-admins-censorship-by-proxy-scheme%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=1965773&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0706\/83df80e9-a42b-4a7c-8d15-4f587ad386a9\/audio.mp3?length=4240269&#038;duration=353\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Former Attorney General Slams Court Decision Blocking Biden Administration&#8217;s Censorship Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under President Barack Obama, has issued a scathing rebuke of a landmark court decision that blocks the Biden administration from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-road-to-serfdom-rep-donalds-slams-biden-administration-for-pressuring-social-media-to-censor-speech\/\" title=\"\u2018The Road To Serfdom\u2019: Rep. Donalds Slams Biden Administration For Pressuring Social Media \u2018To Censor Speech\u2019\">pressuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a><\/a> to censor free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell this is pretty stupid. And potentially dangerous,\u201d Mr. Holder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricHolder\/status\/1676607296254754824?s=20\">said in a tweet<\/a>, commenting on a court injunction issued on Tuesday by a Louisiana judge blocking various federal agencies from taking a range of actions with respect to social media companies on cracking down on Americans\u2019 freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana wrote in a July 4 ruling (<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520\/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.294.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) that government agencies including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice (DOJ), are prohibited from contacting or working with big tech companies to remove posts or block user accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Doughty\u2019s decision was hailed by free speech advocates and the plaintiffs, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who sued the Biden administration last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could be arguably one of the most important First Amendment cases in modern history,\u201d Mr. Landry told The Epoch Times\u2019 \u201cAmerican Thought Leaders\u201d in an interview following the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the opinion that the judge lays out, he takes from our argument that this is basically one of the most massive undertakings of the federal government to limit American speech in the history of our country. The things that we uncovered, in this case, should be both shocking, appalling, and concerning for all Americans,\u201d Mr. Landry said.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration filed an appeal Wednesday, asking the court to overturn the ruling. The Epoch Times has learned that DOJ officials anticipate a quick decision by the appeals court to block the various prohibitions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Landry said in a statement that he expected the appeal and vowed to \u201caggressively defend it,\u201d adding that he thinks the case will eventually be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not done yet,\u201d Mr. Bailey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGAndrewBailey\/status\/1676288536507727872?s=20\">wrote<\/a> in a post on social media. \u201cWe\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case traces back to a lawsuit brought by Louisiana and Missouri against President Joe Biden and several government agencies in May 2022, accusing them of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-dnc-biden-allies-pushing-sms-carriers-to-crack-down-on-vaccine-misinformation-spread-through-private-messages\/\" title=\"Report: DNC, Biden Allies Pushing SMS Carriers To Crack Down On Vaccine \u2018Misinformation\u2019 Spread Through Private Messages\">pushing social media companies<\/a> to censor posts and take down accounts in what their complaint (<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520\/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.1.0.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) alleged was one of the \u201cgreatest assaults\u201d on freedom of speech by federal officials in America\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3522837\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/10\/02\/jeff-landry-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Shocking, Appalling, and Concerning\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Doughty, a Trump appointee, wrote in Wednesday\u2019s decision that the Republican attorneys general who sued the Biden administration \u201chave produced evidence of a massive effort by Defendants, from the White House to federal agencies, to suppress speech based on its content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge said that the agencies named in the lawsuit, along with their staff members, are prohibited from meeting or contacting by phone, email, or text message or \u201cengaging in any communication of any kind with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretty-stupid-obama-ag-criticizes-court-ban-on-biden-admins-censorship-by-proxy-scheme\/\" title=\"Obama's former Attorney General criticizes court ban on Biden administration's censorship-by-proxy scheme as \"pretty stupid.\"\">social-media companies urging<\/a>, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner for removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agencies are also barred the government from flagging content on posts on social media platforms and forwarding them to the companies with re<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Attorney General Eric Holder criticized a court decision blocking the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts to pressure social media companies into censoring free speech. 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