The Maryland Democrat dragged James Comer for pressuring DirecTV’s co-owner to bring back Newsmax. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
The Maryland Democrat and former constitutional law professor spoke out against a Republican-backed
that he seemed to think was unnecessary at best, because the First Amendment already blocks government censorship:, in connection with the half-baked Twitter hearing, where he needed to explain to them that, under the First Amendment, which applies toaction, private companies can curate content however they want, and Twitter is a private company.
He also invoked conservative media when he dragged committee Chairman James Comer for bragging to Newsmax recently about pressuring AT&T to carry the right-wing network on DirecTV. "If threatening official course of pressure like this — 'follow our orders or else' — applied against not just private social media entities ... but against any media entity, it would transform politics in America in the meaning of the First Amendment," he said.that the Twitter hearing was "the latest sign that we’re in for a long, strange ride with the MAGA Republicans of the 118th Congress. But if they pay attention, they might just learn something.
Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and is the author of the forthcoming book “Bizarro” about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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