Judge Napolitano to Newsmax: SCOTUS to Side With Feds in Free Speech Case

Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax on Monday he first was optimistic about the U.S. Supreme Court upholding a lower court’s ruling that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment by colluding with social media companies to censor content.

But the former New Jersey Superior Court judge told “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” that after hearing oral arguments earlier in the day, he is convinced Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh will side with the court’s three liberal justices to side with the federal government.

The Supreme Court is hearing the Biden administration’s appeal of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruling that upheld a district court’s decision in Murthy v. Missouri. The lower court ruled in favor of the Republican attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana and five individual plaintiffs, finding that social media posts on Facebook, YouTube, and X related to COVID-19 and the 2020 election were removed or downgraded at the government’s direction.