The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Biden administration’s right to censor the internet for national security

The Supreme Court must respond in the Supreme Court to Biden administration claims that federal bureaucrats should get to filter everything Americans say via the internet for the sake of “national security” If shutting down Americans ’ ideas online is necessary to protect national security, government can do literally anything in the name of national security.

The Biden administration didn’t contest any of the more than 20,000 pages of court documents showing essentially every major federal agency pressuring social media monopolies to take down ideas.

Frida Ghitis: In many cases a government official merely speaking in his official capacity carries an implied threat.

She says the Biden administration has this so far backward that one wonders whether they’re making this Con Law 101 mistake on purpose to confuse the public, if not the court.

Ghitis says people aren’t stupid. They see thousands of prominent examples of government flexing its power over noncompliant individuals.