Tag: Rob Flaherty

IN-DEPTH: ‘A Monumental Achievement’: Constitutional Rights Attorney Regards Missouri v. Biden Ruling the Most Important of its Time

A Louisiana federal judge’s temporary injunction against the federal government’s extensive censorship operation is one of the most consequential decisions in First Amendment jurisprudence in 200 years, according to Aaron Siri, managing partner at Siri & Glimstad. In Missouri v. Biden (pdf), Judge Terry Doughty—appointed by former President Donald Trump—issued a “sweeping injunction” on July…


Free Speech Limits in the Balance as DOJ Pursues Appeal of Big Tech Censorship Case

The Biden administration on Thursday filed a motion to stay a preliminary injunction in which various government agencies were prohibited from continuing their meeting or contacting social media companies in regard to the removal of content. “The Government faces irreparable harm with each day the injunction remains in effect,” the defendants state. They assert the…


Key Figure Departs From the Biden Administration’s ‘Vast Censorship Enterprise’

President Joe Biden’s digital director Rob Flaherty, a central figure in the administration’s efforts to shape social media narratives as part of a censorship-by-proxy effort, is leaving the White House by the end of the month, a court filing shows. Flaherty, a veteran of Biden’s 2020 campaign, has been overseeing the biggest-ever White House digital…


Fauci and Others Will Be Deposed

Commentary I’ve posted before on our Missouri v. Biden lawsuit, in which the state of Missouri and Louisiana—along with four private plaintiffs (Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, the advocacy organization Health Freedom Louisiana, and yours truly) represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance—are suing the Biden administration for alleged free speech violations. We now have strong evidence that the executive branch…