The U.S. Supreme Court pushed lower courts to take another look at two laws in Florida and Texas that would have stopped social media companies from removing extremist content or accounts in a decision Monday that’s widely being regarded as reasonable. But the court also delivered a much less reasonable decision Monday, finding that former presidents like Donald Trump are immune from prosecution for “official acts,” a term the court opted not to define.
The Court was entirely right to reject these requests, both of which would have done real harm to our democracy.” But another ruling on Monday about whether President Donald Trump enjoys immunity from prosecution was less great for people who care about the country’s future more broadly. As the tech law scholar and professor at USF School of Law, Tiffany C. Li, wrote on Bluesky, “On one hand, the SCOTUS cases on internet speech turned out OK.