Covid-Era Case on Free Speech to Test Supreme Court – WSJ

The Supreme Court this week will consider whether the administration s zeal crossed a constitutional line, the latest in a series of cases this year that could set important ground rules for digital free speech and content moderation. 

Essentially, the justices will try to navigate two starkly competing views: Did the government use its powers of persuasion in a permissible way to advance its policies? Or did it illegally coerce private companies into suppressing speech that the government couldn t silence on its own?

There s always a line-drawing problem, said Tufts University law professor Michael Glennon. Inevitably, you ve got to make very difficult judgments about when enough is enough.

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Much depends on this case. Here’s hoping our rulers get it right, or at least don’t get it wrong.