- Home
- Jim...
Jim Jordan Blasted After Supreme Court Ruling
Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan was blasted this week in response to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court relating to a dispute with Republican-led states over the federal government's communications with social media companies about controversial content on their platforms.
"As expected, the Supreme Court has issued a stinging rebuke to Jim Jordan and his multimillion-dollar conspiracy theory filed witch hunt," Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter. "The Court has concluded that the social media platforms 'excised their own judgement' with regards to content moderation-which is precisely what we have heard from the dozens of witnesses that Jim Jordan has dragged before this committee.
"I hope that after this humiliating defeat Chairman Jordan and his colleagues will end their failed investigation into the companies, universities, and individuals who have been trying to stop the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation on social media."
In a 6-3 ruling on Murthy v. Missouri in which Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, the court said that states and individual plaintiffs don't have standing to sue administration officials over social media platforms' content moderation decisions regarding COVID-19 misinformation.
"The plaintiffs, without any concrete link between their injuries and the defendants' conduct, ask us to conduct a review of the yearslong communications between dozens of federal officials, across different agencies, with different social-media platforms, about different topics," Barrett wrote. "This court's standing doctrine prevents us from exercising such general legal oversight of the other branches of government."
As Nadler noted, Jordan, the chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, previously led an investigation into "the executive branch's coercion and collusion with social media companies to censor speech."
"Through our constitutional oversight, we have uncovered evidence that the Biden Administration directed and coerced Big Tech companies to censor content online and even books," Jordan said in a statement last year after he and other Republicans submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on the case.
In a statement responding to the court's Wednesday decision, Jordan said: "The First Amendment is first for a reason, and the freedom of expression should be protected from any infringement by the government. Our country benefits when ideas can be tested and debated fairly on their merits, whether online or in the halls of Congress. The Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government have uncovered how and the extent to which the Biden Administration engaged in a censorship campaign in violation of the First Amendment.
"While we respectfully disagree with the Court's decision, our investigation has shown the need for legislative reforms, such as the Censorship Accountability Act, to better protect Americans harmed by the unconstitutional censorship-industrial complex. Our important work will continue."
Newsweek reached out to Jordan's office via email for comment.
Related Articles
- Lauren Boebert's Chances of Beating Trisha Calvarese in Colorado: Polls
- Putin Ally Threatens US: 'There Will Be Hell to Pay'
- Mark Cuban Shares Four Takedowns of Donald Trump
- Supreme Court Blunder Raises Questions
Start your unlimited Newsweek trial
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jim-jordan-blasted-after-supreme-court-ruling/ar-BB1oWSQS?ocid=00000000
Related
10 Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return home after Vatican mediation
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten Ukrainian civilians held prisoner for years by Russia arrived in Kyiv overnight Saturday after the mediation of the Vatican, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. They were freed Friday. Some had been captured years before Russia’s full-scale invasion. The pope has said the Holy See has been involved in past prisoner swaps during the Ukraine war. Among those freed was Nariman Dzhelyal, deputy head of the Mejlis, a...
NewsNew solar technology could dramatically change how we harvest light from the Sun, scientists say
New solar technology could dramatically change how we harvest light from the Sun, scientists say - Breakthrough is a step towards absorbing all kinds of visible light
NewsBoeing Starliner spacecraft could wait months before return, but officials say astronauts aren’t stranded
Engineers on the ground will use that time to try to better understand issues plaguing the spacecraft.
NewsScientists might have found a way to overcome ‘hallucinations’ that plague AI systems like ChatGPT
Scientists might have found a way to overcome ‘hallucinations’ that plague AI systems like ChatGPT -
NewsNo progress in Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel, says Hamas official
(Reuters) -A senior official of the militant Islamist group Hamas, Osama Hamdan, said on Saturday there has been no progress in ceasefire talks with Israel over the Gaza war. The Palestinian group is still ready to "deal positively" with any ceasefire proposal that ends the war, Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut. Arab mediators' efforts, backed by the United States, have so far failed to
NewsAer Lingus pilots set to begin strike action
The strike action, which will last for eight hours, starts at 05:00 local time on Saturday.
NewsAliens haven't contacted us. Scientists found a compelling reason why.
"It's like winning the lottery."
NewsThe Most Mysterious Cells in Our Bodies Don’t Belong to Us
You carry literal pieces of your mom—and maybe your grandma, and your siblings, and your aunts and uncles.
News