Social Media Faces Test at Top Court After Congress Dithered (1)

Although Republican and Democratic lawmakers found a shared enemy in the country’s biggest tech companies, Congress has failed to channel that into legislative action.

Now the Supreme Court is stepping into the vacuum.

The Supreme Court’s traditional role is to weigh in on the application of laws and statutes, not to make policy recommendations or rewrite legislation.

Despite countless bills, hearings and complaints about Big Tech’s unchecked power, lawmakers failed to overhaul the internet’s most important law — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — which protects online companies from being sued over the comments, ads, pictures and videos ...