Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law
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I am interested in how this shakes out, because I don't see a clearly correct side. On one hand, being forced to host the speech of others seems like a First Amendment issue. On the other hand, spending a decade pitching yourself as how people connect now and then claiming not to be a public square seems troublesome.
Alito cites PruneYard Shopping v. Robins [1], which does seem to support his case. The Supreme Court held that California could force a private shopping center to allow protesters to gather signatures. The underlying reasoning was that the 1st Amendment only prohibits Congress from abridging free speech, and did not prevent a state from having more expansive free speech rights.
I'm curious what the opposing case law is, because I'm not a lawyer and not motivated enough to go find it.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruneyard_Shopping_Center_v._R...