[ April 25, 2024 ]
One has to wonder what Constitution the far left Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is reading. Stalin’s?
Elizabeth Warren’s Censorship Demand To Amazon Is Constitutional, Federal Court Rules
By: Katelynn Richardson, Daily Caller, May 5, 2023
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren did not violate the First Amendment by requesting Amazon stop providing “false and misleading information” by censoring the book, “The Truth About COVID-19: Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, and the New Normal.”
Story continues below advertisementElizabeth Warren sent her letter in September 2021 after finding the book by Joseph Mercola and Ronnie Cummins, which included a forward by current presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was displayed prominently in Amazon’s search and “Best Seller” results. The authors and their publisher sued Warren for violating their First Amendment rights, seeking a preliminary injunction requiring Warren to issue a public retraction and pull the letter from her website.
Despite finding that the plaintiffs suffered “reputational harm” from Warren’s letter, which “disparaged the book by claiming that the book perpetuated dangerous falsehoods that have led to countless deaths” and “directly impugned the professional integrity of one of the authors,” the Ninth Circuit sided with the lower court and denied their request.
“Senator Warren’s letter did not cross the constitutional line between persuasion and coercion,” the court stated.
“Elizabeth Warren, as a single Senator, had no unilateral power to penalize Amazon for promoting the book,” Judge Paul Watford wrote in his opinion. “This absence of authority influenced how a reasonable person would read her letter.”
Warren’s letter noted that “[o]ther major technology companies have recognized their role in propagating misinformation about COVID-19 and have taken steps to address the issue.”
“In response to concerns about COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, Facebook has removed pages, groups, and accounts spreading such misinformation and adjusted its algorithms to either remove misleading posts or display them less prominently,” she wrote. “…Given the seriousness of this issue, I ask that you perform an immediate review of Amazon’s algorithms and, within 14 days, provide both a public report on the extent to which Amazon’s algorithms are directing consumers to books and other products containing COVID19 misinformation and a plan to modify these algorithms so that they no longer do so.”
Judge Mark J. Bennett,, concurring in judgement, wrote separately to say that “some aspects of the letter could be interpreted as coercive by a reasonable reader.”
“Although the letter does not threaten specific consequences if Amazon failed to comply with this request; as the majority notes, we do not require a government official to list specific consequences in order to find a constitutional violation,” he wrote.
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22 Comments
11 months ago
Small wonder Michael Savage has referred to them on his radio show in the past as “Ninth Jerk-uit Court of Schlemiels.”
D
11 months ago
Reply to
From a Remote Location
Libtard criminal is all that thing is.
Last edited 11 months ago by patd
11 months ago
The Marxist revolution is underway. And what’s to stop them?
Every single institution has been turned against the country, including the perverse military.
There is only one last stand – the armed citizens.
Never surrender to these corrupt and perverted DemoNazi traitors!
11 months ago
Hopefully, she and all her family members are fully vaxxed and boosted.
If they are, this issue should be resolved in the next 2-4 years.
Either everybody will be fine, in which case the vaccine deniers will be wrong, or there will be a significant number of heart problems reported. In that case the vaccine deniers will be both correct and prudent.
D
11 months ago
Reply to
JoeyJ
People like Warren, Biden, Obama, the Clintons, etc. They didn’t get no shot for real. They all knew what it’s designed to do. Not one of these old traitors has gotten sick from adverse effects. Schumer, Pelosi, etc. None of them has had any issues. But they want YOU to get the shot and boosters.
11 months ago
Reply to
JoeyJ
They probably got the same injection of saline as the rest of the political class and the elites.
Last edited 11 months ago by DAVE S
11 months ago
Elizabeth Warren, not content with perpetuating the misinformation that she has American Indian heritage, now wants to censor Amazon for propagating misinformation in promoting the book: The Truth About COVID-19.
11 months ago
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STJOHNOFGRAFTON
Yes, the same senator who is paid $400,000 per year to teach one class and also couldn’t figure out why college is so expensive
11 months ago
To make the world a far better place, censor this lying fake Indian hag fascist demoCRAP. With the IQ of a boxed candy cane and the appeal of a decaying persimmon, I would think she has biDUMB beat.
11 months ago
Does anyone have a blanket handy to stuff in her mealy mouth?
11 months ago
The Indian survived so why is she complaining?
11 months ago
Screaming, shouting and fist waving – a sad old lady seeking attention and affirmation. Much like Pelosi and all the rest.
11 months ago
Elizabeth Warren is a flake! Amazon is corrupt! Just more corrupt garbage from more corrupt people in a more corrupted Country!!!!
D
11 months ago
The court ruling is correct. She can “demand” anything she wants. If the government acts against Amazon; that would be a crime; and unconstitutional. The only threat Warren poses; is to her self.
11 months ago
I can’t believe that judge is afraid of that crazy woman!!!
11 months ago
Hey Pinocchio-hantus -you should know more than most about dangerous falsehoods.
Tell us- still getting YOUR quarterly boosters?
11 months ago
she is from the heckawi tribe of faux Indians
11 months ago
The 9th is the most overturned Federal Court in the nation. The judges are liberal hacks. Most from Cali, no surprise there.
D
11 months ago
Aaaaahhh, the Fake Indian rears her ugly head once again. She is the senior Senator in my state of MA. I didn’t even know she was still alive….she has been MIA for pretty much her career as a Senator, except for when she TOTALLY embarrassed herself by running for President….and taking the DNA test which proved to the WHOLE WORLD….that she is a Fake Indian.
D
11 months ago
The pocahontas needs to be censured and clammed shut!!!!!!!!
