The SCOTUS social media case.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Supreme Court's social media case. On Monday, the Supreme Court seemed likely to side with the Biden administration in Murthy v. Missouri, a dispute between the administration and two Republican-led states (as well as five social media users) over how the federal government can combat misinformation on topics like Covid-19 or election fraud.
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| 0:44.8 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 1:00.4 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about a Supreme Court case that was argued earlier this week. |
| 1:08.0 | Pretty interesting. A lot of implications for social media and the government's |
| 1:12.8 | role in limiting quote-unquote disinformation. We're going to be talking about what happened in the |
| 1:17.5 | arguments and where things kind of stand now. As always, before we jump in, we'll kick things off |
| 1:24.6 | with some quick hits. |
| 1:36.9 | First up, hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way for enforcement of a strict new immigration law that allows Texas state police to arrest people on suspicion of illegally |
| 1:41.8 | crossing the border, the law was blocked by a federal appeals court |
| 1:45.9 | from taking effect. Number two, congressional leaders in the White House have reached an agreement |
| 1:50.9 | on funding for the Department of Homeland Security, a major step toward finalizing a broader |
| 1:55.8 | funding package. Number three, businessman Bernie Moreno, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, |
| 2:02.8 | won his Senate primary in Ohio and will face Democratic senators Sherrod Brown in November. |
| 2:08.1 | Primary races were also held in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Kansas. |
| 2:12.7 | Number four, former President Donald Trump sued ABC for defamation after ABC host George Stephanopoulos said |
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