Morgan v. Bevin

Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, United States District Judge

Since 1791, we have given voice to a national value in favor of protecting robust political discourse in the words and promise of the First Amendment to the Constitution. This case requires the Court to test that value in an age in which citizens have never had more platforms to speak. Voice is no longer measured in only parchment or paper or access to the airwaves but also in the exponential potential of the internet.

Here, internet speakers want to use private internet platforms (Twitter and Facebook), used by the Governor to express his…