Supreme Court pauses order banning Biden officials from coordinating with social media companies
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Justice Alito issued a temporary stay on a lower court injunction that banned the Biden administration from coordinating with social media companies.
Alito granted the Justice Department's request, delaying the order from taking effect until after Sept. 22. Alito also gave Republican attorneys general from Louisiana and Missouri, who brought the original lawsuit, until Sept. 20 to respond, Politico reported. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
The Justice Department, in its emergency filing, claimed that were the lower court injunction to go into effect it would "impose grave and irreparable harms on the government and the public." The Biden administration wants the Supreme Court to block the injunction while it appeals a Fifth Circuit decision that ruled against the government.