La. AG Unfazed With Temporary Stay of Social Media Injunction vs. Biden Administration
The office of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) said it’s unfazed with the temporary stay that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted DOJ Friday afternoon to block enforcement of the preliminary injunction barring dozens of Biden administration officials from conversing with social media platforms about their content moderation activities,
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The 5th Circuit “routinely grants administrative stays when injunctions are issued, as they did today,” emailed Landry’s office. “We are grateful they expedited the schedule so that we may continue to vigorously defend the injunction,” said the office. Nothing in the 5th Circuit’s order gives the government the ability to “muzzle its citizens,” it said.
The office of Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, Landry’s co-lead plaintiff in the case, didn’t respond to requests for comment.