RFK Jr. Suit Claiming Online Censorship Sent Back to Trial Court

July 25, 2024, 5:26 PM UTC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims that the White House unconstitutionally censored his anti-vaccine comments must be reconsidered in light of a Supreme Court opinion siding with the White House in a similar case, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit remanded Kennedy’s case back to the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to determine if Kennedy, and two other plaintiffs, have standing to bring their suit alleging censorship on social media.

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