Fifth Circuit to hear oral arguments on historic
injunction against Biden, other top-ranking federal officials for censorship of
Americans
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff
Landry’s landmark lawsuit against President Joe Biden and numerous high-ranking
officials across multiple federal agencies will have a major court hearing on
Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New
Orleans.
A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments in Louisiana and Missouri v. Biden et al.
on a federal judge ruling that enjoined Big Government from colluding with Big
Tech to censor Americans’ protected speech.
On July 4th, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Louisiana prohibited key Biden officials from
threatening, pressuring, or inducing social media companies to suppress any
content containing protected free speech on their platforms – delivering a
major victory for Attorney General Landry, his Solicitor General Liz Murrill,
and their counterparts from Missouri who are leading a legal team on behalf of
the states and five private plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit in May 2022.
Thursday’s hearing comes mere days after YouTube removed
the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s “What Missouri v. Biden Means for Free
Speech” from its platform for violating its medical misinformation policy. The
one hour and fifteen minute video was of a Louisiana lawyer at a “Lunch and
Law” program talking about censorship.
Attorney General Landry has repeatedly noted the
importance of this lawsuit and his commitment to defeat the federal
government’s unlawful censorship of its citizens. “We will continue fighting to
uphold the rule of law and to prevent the unconstitutional stifling of
Americans’ First Amendment rights.”
Who: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry,
Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill, Missouri Solicitor General Josh
Divine, Deputy Solicitors General
What: Oral Arguments on the Appeal of Preliminary
Injunction against Biden Collusion with Big Tech to Suppress Free Speech
When: Thursday, August 10, 2023 during the 1:00
PM CT court session
Where: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit (600 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130)
Online: Audio from the hearing will be streamed at https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-information/court-calendars/Details/1688/