Justice Ketanji Brown Thinks The First Amendment Hamstrings The Government From Censoring Your Speech

While many Americans were horrified at the Biden administration's efforts to pressure social media platforms to censor speech that it deemed harmful "disinformation," the Supreme Court doesn't appear to be embracing the idea that it can limit the government's contacts with those platforms.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom Joe Biden nominated to the high court, had a particularly disturbing position on the issue.

"So my biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways in the most important time periods," she told Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga. "I mean, what would — what would you have the government do? I've heard you say a couple of times that the government can post its own speech, but in my hypothetical, you know, 'Kids, this is not safe, don't do it,' is not going to get it done."