Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit Finds Biden Administration Violated First Amendment Through Social Media Coercion

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that White House officials, the Surgeon General, CDC, and FBI ’likely coerced or significantly encouraged’ social media platforms to censor content, constituting state action in violation of the First Amendment. The court found evidence of a …

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Texas Leads 20 Republican States in Lawsuit Seeking to Eliminate Entire ACA

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Twenty Republican state attorneys general and governors, led by Texas, filed Texas v. Azar (later California v. Texas) in federal district court, arguing that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s zeroing of the individual mandate penalty rendered the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Judge Reed O'Connor 20 Republican State Attorneys General California Attorney General Xavier Becerra U.S. Supreme Court +1 more healthcare aca-sabotage legal-challenges republican-attorneys-general supreme-court +2 more
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