Hamburger Responds: Prof. Somin Repeats His Errors Round 3 in the debate between Hamburger and Somin over the First Amendment and Murthy Reason · Mar 26, 2024
Abridging, Not Coercing, Is The First Amendment's Yardstick for Speech Violations Philip Hamburger: Prof. Somin is mistaken about Murthy v. Missouri Reason · Mar 25, 2024
Do Judges Also "Berate" The Press? On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Murthy v. Missouri. Justices Kavanaugh and Kagan--who both worked in the White House--stated that it was fairly common for government officials to "berate" the press. Justice Kavanaugh observed that "experienced government press people throughout the federal government . . .. regularly… Reason · Mar 20, 2024
Supreme Court Considers Claim That New York Regulators Violated NRA's First Amendment Rights State officials “jawboned” financial firms into cutting ties with the gun-rights group. Reason · Mar 20, 2024
The First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and Substantial Encouragement Part of the Murthy v. Missouri challengers' claim is that the First Amendment bans the government from even "substantially encouraging" private entities to block user speech. And as I noted in the post below, I appreciate the difficulties with this claim (though I also appreciate its appeal). Here, though, I… Reason · Mar 19, 2024
Murthy v. Missouri and Government Urging Platforms to Restrict Speech The government can't block viewpoints it condemns from its own property that has been opened to publicspeech. Should there be limits on government systematically and substantially encouraging private entities to block the same viewpoints from their property—which may be much more important to public debate than the government property where… Reason · Mar 19, 2024
Court Should Focus on Coercion in Murthy v. Missouri The government is entitled to try to persuade social media to take down posts, but not to coerce them to do so. Reason · Mar 19, 2024
US supreme court hears case on government’s power over online misinformation Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation violate first amendment The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2024
The New York Times Again Worries That Free Speech Endangers Democracy The newspaper portrays the constitutional challenge to the government's social media meddling as a conspiracy by Donald Trump's supporters. Reason · Mar 17, 2024
FAQs re Murthy v. Missouri Philip Hamburger on How to Understand this Free Speech Case Reason · Mar 14, 2024
FIRE Highlights the Blatant Hypocrisy of State Officials Who Decry Government Meddling With Social Media Even as they attack the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation," Missouri and Louisiana defend legal restrictions on content moderation. Reason · Mar 11, 2024
Supreme Court Looks Poised To Gut Restrictive Social Media Laws The First Amendment restricts governments, not private platforms, and respects editorial rights. Reason · Feb 28, 2024
Democratic Attorneys General Support Censorship In an amicus brief filed in Murthy v. Missouri, they ignore basic tenets of First Amendment law in order to quash online speech they don't like. Reason · Jan 19, 2024
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2024 Krishnan Guru-Murthy caught checking emails on his phone while driving through central London Guru-Murthy initially insisted he had not broken the law but pleaded guilty when facing the prospect of a trial
Reason · Oct 23, 2023 Cybertoonz Visits Murthy v. Missouri The effort by Missouri to enjoin the Biden administration's "jawboning" of social media companies has reached the Supreme Court. The Solicitor General filed a long brief seeking a stay of the Fifth Circuit's injunction and explaining why cert should be granted. The Court granted cert and the stay (the latter…
Reason · Oct 20, 2023 Court Agrees to Hear Missouri v. Biden Federal Government / Social Media Case From today's order and accompanying opinion in Murthy v. Missouri: The application for stay … is granted. The preliminary injunction issued on July 4, 2023, by the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana … as modified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth…
The Hindu · Oct 18, 2023 The men who shaped Murthy, the elephant at Mudumalai that passed away recently Remembering the people who cared for Murthy, the gentlest elephant at Theppakadu elephant camp in Mudumalai
The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023 ‘I’m not friends with politicians’: Krishnan Guru-Murthy on success, swearing and barefaced lies He started as a broadcaster before going to university and is now celebrating 25 years at Channel 4 News. He discusses the BBC, bias, war reporting – and what he learned from his father
The Hindu · May 28, 2023 Andhra Pradesh: Abject poverty forces tribal couple to give their infant in adoption, say officials The officials of the Women Development and Child Welfare Department and the police are trying to ascertain whether the mediator is involved in any such cases earlier, and whether money is involved in the deal
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Krishnan Guru-Murthy back on Channel 4 after suspension for swearing about MP The presenter made no reference to the incident as he appeared back on the show on Monday night.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022 Krishnan Guru-Murthy taken off air for swearing about Steve Baker Channel 4 News anchor used offensive word off air to describe Northern Ireland minister
Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022 Channel 4 take Krishnan Guru-Murthy off air after accidentally dropping C-word The presenter will not appear on the broadcaster's news programme after accidentally calling an MP the C-word
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022 Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy taken off air for swearing at Steve Baker The remark followed what the presenter described as a ‘robust interview’ with the Tory MP.
Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022 Krishnan Guru-Murthy taken off air for a week after he swore at MP Guru-Murthy will not return to Channel 4 News before November 4