BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas finds social media companies do not have First Amendment right to ban protected speech

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"The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).
JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring.

Certainly he can "author" the decision reached by the court. That is different than saying he made a binding legal judgment. It means he is the one who wrote the decision that garnered enough votes to become a "finding" of the entire court. It's nearly the same as saying a news reporter is the subject of the news story - clearly, the reporter didn't cause the car wreck on I-55, he just reported what happened. The justices take turns doing this, a combination of volunteerism and being assigned, but ultimately in the hands of the Chief Justice to decide who pens the court's decision.

There are (usually rare) cases where a Justice acts independently, though this is to my knowledge only in cases involving the actions of a governmental body, typically one government unit vs another.

ONLY Clarence Thomas huh??

Wow, I'm not surprised but it is 'disappointing' to say

the least...

GLP is not an apt analogy. Major media sites like Facebook and Twitter become defacto 'critical infrastructure' because of their size and dominance. They are given special waivers and treatment by government that have helped them reach their size and importance in return for providing data to the gov't on criminal activity etc. So they are in fact not a normal 'private enterprise' they are a quasi-governmental enterprise. Thus they play by different rules and don't have the same protections as truly private companies.

but he's fine with stolen presidential elections..FUCK HIM

They have created a Public domain.

Actually, Thomas was one of I believe two justices who disagreed with the Supreme Court not deciding to hear the case of a fraudulent election.

But, yep, the corruption throughout the system runs far, deep and wide.

Thanks for the heads up. Adding justice Thomas to my 2021 deadpool.

WRONG. Thomas and Alito are the only ones who aren't compromised. They are heroes. John Roberts is one of the biggest traitors in world history.

WELL NO SHIT.....

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS WHY SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY PEOPLE DIED FOR...

HELL WE INVAVED MANY COUNTRIES FOR THAT VERY REASON....

No its not Ghetto....

You cannot BAN SPEECH ....

ITS ONLY REASON WE ARE AMERICANS

Isn't it funny that the only real conservative we can always trust on the Court is a BLACK man?????

And so it begins...

Hey Trin like you said yesterday .....Dont go after Black people thats NOT COOL

....Thomas is one of the Best minds we have left.....

HE IS RIGHT ....

Please Dont say Free speech is ....BULL SHIT

I KNOWN MANY PEOPLE THAT DIED ...

PROTECTING THAT PAPER OF FREE SPEECH ...

I WILL EVEN PROTECT YOURS WHEN THAT TIME COMES....

Along side Pence.

Thats the Propaganda
The Military Mafia run everything
They control the science & technology
They run the Govt--& Law Courts
Where do you think Big Tech gets its patents
From DARPA

And only ONE JUDGE.

Now that Trump isn't in office it's clear how dangerous these social media companies are.

Typical gun-phobic disarmed Aussie spastic socialist outlook.

What about their Terms of Service contracts?

That is a legal contract one has to agree with in order to post on those sites. The TOS states clearly that these companies reserve the right to edit and delete content, and to terminate service at their discretion.

So does this mean GLP won't insta-ban certain words?

:epiclol-8bit:

Down on Clarence

NOPE.....they are publicly traded companies and you CANNOT ENTER INTO AN UN-LAWFUL agreement. Clicking "Accept" doesn't mean shit and has been shot down in court.

This is EXACTLY the intellectual answer i was looking for

GLP never lets me down.

But i think it isnt government as we know it but the deep state. Which acts like a government all to its self.

A lot of such things, including the US Constitution, are filtered through one's political prism, of left or right.

I admit I'm even more disgusted with social-media Big Tech giants because they're the leftwing lashing out at the rightwing. But if the situation were reversed, and a bunch of conservatives were doing an Orwell-1984 number on liberals, I'd be no less disgusted.

Actually, I'd be even more disgusted because I'd hope conservatives would have the courage of their convictions to mot mind dealing with clashing, opposing political opinions.

However, I admit to observing rightwingers being as much into red-pen censorship through the years as leftists like to do. But Orwellian conservatism has never been at the berserk level of Orwellian liberalism.