The US Supreme Court just asked the Solicitor General to weigh in on two controversial free speech cases out of Florida and Texas, which means all signs point to the Court intervening on these matters.
Here’s a quick recap: Some red states have sought to retaliate against social media companies given the perception that platforms like Facebook and Twitter censor conservative viewpoints and moderate content in a way that disadvantages users on the Right. They’re not wrong about that, and in the past couple months we’ve received a lot more evidence proving that to be true.
But they are wrong in thinking the government has any constitutional or moral authority to intervene in the matter. Anyone who believes in basic property rights, free speech rights, and even remotely holds to the principles of individual liberty or limited government must stand by the fact that private businesses can run their companies however they wish, kick consumers off their property at whim, and cannot be forced to promote speech they don’t want to.
There is no gray area here. You stand with liberty, capitalism, and the Constitution even when things don’t cut your way, or you’re no different than the progressives who wish to weaponize big government against their enemies and force companies to operate according to their values.