Lawrence Hurley covers the Supreme Court for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday will weigh the circumstances under which the government can be found to cross the line from persuasion to coercion, hearing arguments in cases involving two contentious issues: problematic social media posts and gun rights. The court will first hear arguments over concerns that the Biden administration’s contacts with social media companies, including efforts to have content removed on issues like Covid-19, constituted unlawful coercion.
Donald Trump was president at the time, but the district court ruling focused on actions taken by the government after President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. Louisiana-based Judge Terry Doughty in July of last year barred officials from “communication of any kind with social-media companies urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.” The New Orleans-based 5th U.S.
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