FOX Business senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino discusses the free speech complications of business and government communications raised in the case.on Monday filed an emergency stay with the 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals to temporarily suspend a federal judge's ruling that limited government officials’ contact with social media companies concerning misinformation.
"Defendants do not identify any specific conduct that they claim is lawful but prevented by the injunction," Doughty said in Monday's ruling. He refused to block his own order while it is appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The administration can also ask the appeals court for a stay.
because Doughty's July 4 order may prevent the federal government from"working with social media companies on initiatives to prevent grave harm to the American people and our democratic processes." outweigh any risk of injury to Plaintiffs if a stay is granted, and for the same reason, a stay is in the public interest," the court memo stated.