Murthy v. Missouri: Justice Alito Dissent (2024)

Court Filing · Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Supreme Court of the United States · June 26, 2024

Justice Samuel Alito, June 2024: in dissent, he would have reached the merits and called the government's contacts with Facebook unrelenting pressure to suppress free speech. A dissent, not the Court's holding.

For months, high-ranking Government officials placed unrelenting pressure on Facebook to suppress Americans’ free speech. Because the Court unjustifiably refuses to address this serious threat to the First Amendment, I respectfully dissent.

Justice Samuel Alito, June 2024: in dissent, he would have reached the merits and called the government's contacts with Facebook unrelenting pressure to suppress free speech. A dissent, not the Court's holding.

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