TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 14, 2023

A three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a stay of a district court ruling that had limited the Biden administration’s communication with social media companies, The Hill reports. The panel also expedited the Biden administration’s full appeal of the district court ruling from Judge Terry Doughty. Lawyers for the government argued that the district court decision’s “broad scope and ambiguous terms” were stopping it from engaging in a “vast range” of lawful conduct.