5th Circuit Vacates Ruling In Social Media Standing Suit On Remand From High Court

(August 27, 2024, 3:03 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In a case on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court that held that plaintiffs who sued to stop the federal government from purportedly coercing social media platforms into censoring disfavored speech do not have standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to seek injunctive relief against the governmental defendants, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 26 vacated and remanded a district court’s preliminary injunction to stop certain government officials from censoring speech on social media platforms....