Jonathan Turley Rips Supreme Court for Ducking ‘Fundamental Issue’ in Censorship Case: ‘Too Narrow’

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TURLEY: "Well, it's very frustrating for the free speech community. Because standing is often used to block meritorious claims. This is one of the most fundamental issues that we are facing. I just -- I wrote about this issue, this case, in my recent book, because you have one of the largest censorship systems in our history, if not the largest, it's been called Orwellian by lower court judges. And what the court is saying is that we won't hear you on this issue, because you're not the right litigant. Now, I have to admit, I've always been something of a standing dove. I believe that the standing decisions are too narrow, because they do prevent the court from rendering a decision on such important constitutional questions. So this issue will have to wait for another day. But one of the things that many of us have been arguing for years, is that the government is engaging in censorship by surrogate. I testified about this in Congress, that they have made a mockery of the limits of the First Amendment by doing indirectly what they're barred from doing directly. They're using academic and corporate allies to bar, and cancel, and blacklist critics on a variety of different subjects. So it's going to be very frustrating for the free speech community, because we've been trying to see if there will be a final decision to strengthen free speech."