Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) won’t be required to immediately retract, apologize for, or remove a letter from her website requesting that Amazon not direct consumers to an anti-vaccine book by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because Kennedy’s underlying suit isn’t likely to succeed on the merits, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
Kennedy sought a preliminary injunction in his First Amendment suit, arguing the letter “crossed a constitutional line dividing persuasion from intimidation,” constituting government censorship.
The US District Court for the Western District of Washington got it right when it found Warren sought to persuade, not coerce, Amazon, the US ...
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