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Washington mdash; The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a pair of social media cas stanley thermos es that could transform online speech.The two cases concern disputes over Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas that aim to restrict social media companies from moderating content, which tech groups representing platforms like Facebook and X see as a violation of their First Amendment rights.The laws, both passed in stanley spain 2021, came in response to what their backers saw as discrimination by social media platforms. The controversy followed social media companies decisions to ban former President Donald Trump from their platfo stanley cup rms after his handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump s accounts were eventually reinstated. The states in the case argue that the social media companies should be treated like any business and be restricted from removing posts or banning users from their platforms based upon their views. But the social media companies counter that the laws infringe upon their editorial discretion, arguing that they should be treated more like news outlets.Both the Biden administration and Trump have weighed in on the dispute, upping the ante on the political implications. While Trump filed a brief in support of the state laws, arguing that a platform s decision to discriminate against a user is not protected under the Constitution, the Biden administration filed a brief in support of the tech groups. It argued Zhgj Roe v. Wade could be in jeopardy under Donald Trump
CBS From CBS News Fernando Suarez:MILWAUKEE -- At this stage in the campaign, all eyes are fixed on Wisconsin on Tuesday, followed by Texas and Ohio on Mar. 4. But behind the scenes, the Hillary Clinton stanley cup price campaign is gearing up stanley mugs for what could be a nasty fight over the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Augus stanley quencher t. The current delegate count shows Clinton and Barack Obama in a relative dead heat, with Obama slightly ahead. But what the Clinton campaign hopes will happen is that delegates from Florida and Michigan - two states she won but whose delegates are not counted because these states moved up their primary dates without the blessing of the DNC - will actually get seated. A source close to the Clinton campaign tells CBS News Ultimately, it comes down to these last remaining states, superdelegates and what happens in Florida and Michigan, the source added, I think that is still the untold story. Obama s campaign manager David Plouffe countered the Clinton campaign s delegate strategy, saying, The Clinton campaign should focus on winning pledged delegates as a result of elections, not these say or do anything to win tactics that could undermine Democrats ability to win the general election. During a conference call with reporters on Saturday, Harold Ickes a longtime advisor to the Clintons said, Both of those states are critically importanthellip;over 1.6 million voted in Florida . Ickes recognized t |
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