Charlie Kirk: Supreme Court Should Restore Trump Access to Facebook
By: Matt Naham (Law Crime)
yeah, they really are that stupid...
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Staunch Donald Trump ally and right-wing activist Charlie Kirk responded to the Facebook Oversight Board decision on Wednesday to uphold Trump's ban from the social media platform by saying that the Supreme Court of the United States should intervene and get Trump back on Facebook.
In case you missed it, the Board upheld Facebook's Jan. 7 suspension of Trump for glorifying violence in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 siege.
The Board found that the two posts by Mr. Trump on January 6 severely violated Facebook's Community Standards and Instagram's Community Guidelines. "We love you. You're very special" in the first post and "great patriots" and "remember this day forever" in the second post violated Facebook's rules prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence.
What the Board did not approve of was the open-ended and indefinite way in which the former president of the United States was banned.
"It is not permissible for Facebook to keep a user off the platform for an undefined period, with no criteria for when or whether the account will be restored," the Board's findings said.
As a result, the Board said Facebook must complete a review to "determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform." That review must occur "within six months of the date of this decision."
For Charlie Kirk, this is a problem for the justices to solve.
The US Supreme Court should overturn the Facebook's "Oversight Board's" "ruling" which upholds the outlawing of the 45th President of the United States from social media.
This is a big tech, corporate oligarchy without standing and it's gone too far. Enough is enough.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 5, 2021
"The US Supreme Court should overturn the Facebook's 'Oversight Board's' 'ruling' which upholds the outlawing of the 45th President of the United States from social media," Kirk tweeted, urging the highest court in the land to force Facebook to host speech Kirk prefers. "This is a big tech, corporate oligarchy without standing and it's gone too far. Enough is enough."
The reaction to this tweet was what you would expect. Some legal observers branded the tweet as "the single dumbest 'legal take' of all time." Others mocked it by sarcastically offering their own grievances for the Supreme Court to solve. Still others simply noted that this is not how any of this works.
Yeah they'll get right on that https://t.co/QH5wqIhqLG
— Matt Ford (@fordm) May 5, 2021
That's not how any of this works https://t.co/HupmC2z3mS
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) May 5, 2021
This is the single dumbest "legal take" of all time. https://t.co/zh2zENZQl6
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 5, 2021
The US Supreme Court should order companies to make a bacon package you can open easily https://t.co/6sUoatXMGS
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) May 5, 2021
The US Supreme Court should overturn Stephen Strasburg's shoulder injury, which hampers the Nationals' pitching staff.
This is a big injury without standing and it's gone too far. Enough is enough. #TheSupremeCourtShouldhttps://t.co/GRX5ZzLVvz
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) May 5, 2021
It's neither outlawing nor oligarchy. What you seek is government takeover of private enterprise, comrade. https://t.co/9bZzBjdViS
— Jay Marshall Wolman (@wolmanj) May 5, 2021
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD
JURISDICTION
The Board issued its judgment on May 5, 2021. Pet. App. 1a. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under ♂️. https://t.co/XGBxVYz8LW
— Sean Marotta (@smmarotta) May 5, 2021
This is not how it works. https://t.co/6jDDlMg4Tw
— Jessica Levinson (@LevinsonJessica) May 5, 2021
Charlie Kirk knows exactly as much about appeals as Candace Owens does about German history. https://t.co/5njEhuQ0gW
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) May 5, 2021
The US Supreme Court should overturn my family's "Oversight Board's" "ruling" which prohibited me from watching all eight The Fast and the Furious movies in one sitting.
This is a big familial oligarchy without standing and it's gone too far. Enough is enough. https://t.co/sGLI0wVKaf
— Dale Ho (@dale_e_ho) May 5, 2021
Thomas dissents from the denial of cert https://t.co/PZbBsAWEvk
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) May 5, 2021
I wish I had a nickel for everything that qualifies for @BadLegalTakeshttps://t.co/rYzFKdUEUG
— Eric Turkewitz (@Turkewitz) May 5, 2021
yes yes very standing much legal https://t.co/vYA95ZYA0O
— Liz Dye (@5DollarFeminist) May 5, 2021
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nobody cares what donnie jr.'s coke dealer has to say...
I do. I want to know how much his daily habit costs him.
I'm a nosy bitch
I see what you did there, I hope it was on purpose lol.
LOL!
What's truly sad about this is that Charlie Kirk isn't a paleo-conservative aberration. Millions of them are even more clueless than Charlie...
"What the Board did not approve of was the open-ended and indefinite way in which the former president of the United States was banned.
"It is not permissible for Facebook to keep a user off the platform for an undefined period, with no criteria for when or whether the account will be restored," the Board's findings said."
Facebook can do what they please!
They don't have to allow scumbags a platform to spout their lies and dis/mis-information.
My thoughts as well. Facebook can do whatever the fuck they want as far as banning users provided the bans do not constitute a civil rights violation or otherwise break the law.
Mark Meadows says Facebook's Trump decision is 'a sad day for America,' and will make the GOP more likely to support breaking up big tech companies
Mark Meadows lamented the Facebook Oversight Board's decision Wednesday.
The former Trump chief of staff said the ban is "a sad day for America."
Meadows also indicated Trump's ban will make Republicans more likely to support anti-trust bills.
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Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows decried the Facebook Oversight Board's decision Wednesday morning to uphold former President Donald Trump's ban.
"It's a sad day for America," Meadows said during an appearance on Fox News.
After Facebook shut down Trump's account following the January 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill, the matter was referred to the Oversight Board for further review.
"The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7 to suspend then-President Trump from Facebook and Instagram. Trump's posts during the Capitol riot severely violated Facebook's rules and encouraged and legitimized violence," the Oversight Board said in a tweet.
However, the board added that it was "not appropriate" for Facebook to "impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension."
Beyond the specifics of Trump's ban, Meadows indicated that the decision may make Congressional Republicans more in favor of anti-trust legislation to break up big tech companies.
"It's a sad day for Facebook, 'cause I can tell you, a number of members of Congress are now looking at, do they break up Facebook?" Meadows said. "Do they make sure that they don't have a monopoly?"
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Like a spoiled child not getting his way. "I'm going to tell my daddy ( SCOTUS ) on you!"
How are they going to break up Face Book? Like they did Ma Bell back in the 80's. Seems to me it didn't get broken up into tiny pieces. All they can do here is make Face Book one company, Instagram another and whatever "stuff" FB controls
Alright! So he is advocating that the courts basically hold the final word over all private business decisions in the US. Do they hate socialism or do they demand it? I really cannot tell with these assholes.
Trump violated FB's TOS and as now that he is a private citizen, he has been banned as have numerous other private citizens.
This country better wake up , fast.
Trumpism is not gone, it did not end when Biden took office, and now Trump and his followers are ready to make a more open push to get him back to the top of the media.
We had a president of the United States attempt to overthrow the US government, on Jan 6, and instead of a universal condemnation and banishing of this fool, we have millions and millions of people who want him back in power. Their ability to create chaos and discord is endless.
It's as obvious as the nose on your face. Yeah, your face. Nice face, BTW.
All we have to do is take a look at the front page every day