Louisiana officials react to US Supreme Court ruling on social media misinformation suit

It is high time for Congress to implement some standards and statutes the Court must follow. For months, government officials colluded with social media to suppress Americans’ free speech. I agree with Justice Alito, the Court is unjustifiably ignoring the serious threat to our freedom of speech. This ruling is an erosion of our freedom of speech and of our First Amendment rights.

Gov. Jeff Landry via X, formerly known as Twitter

Today’s decision in Murthy v Missouri is unfortunate and disappointing. A majority of the Supreme Court gives a free pass to the federal government to threaten tech platforms into censorship and suppression of speech that is indisputably protected by the First Amendment. The majority waves off the worst government coercion scheme in history. Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch rightly reached the merits and had no problem finding that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits. Though this is not the outcome we hoped for, I’ll keep fighting to defend and protect our rights.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill