Two First Amendment cases came before the Supreme Court yesterday, prompting the justices to consider how much governments could persuade or coerce certain speech without violating the Constitution.
The Biden administration spoke during both cases—Murthy v. Missouri and NRA v. Vullo— while trying to argue that governments could persuade but not engage in activity that coerced suppression of speech. It used that reasoning to support the NRA in its lawsuit against New York while opposing First Amendment claims brought by Missouri, Louisiana, and others.
