Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. bid to intervene in government censorship case

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to intervene in the ongoing Missouri v. Biden censorship case involving government collusion with social media companies.

The nation's top bench in October agreed to hear the case after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that found the government likely violated the First Amendment in working with tech companies to censor disfavored viewpoints during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kennedy had brought a similar challenge which the district court had consolidated with the Missouri challenge.

The court ultimately issued its injunction in Missouri's challenge alone and did not issue a ruling on Kennedy's own bid for an injunction, the Epoch Times reported, prompting the presidential candidate to ask the Supreme Court to allow his intervention in the pending matter. The court rejected the motion without explaining itself.

"The Kennedy Plaintiffs remain stranded in the district court, even though their rights will be as fully adjudicated by this court as those of the Missouri v. Biden plaintiffs themselves. Intervention is warranted for that reason alone," his attorneys had argued. They had further insisted that his case's use of similar arguments would not present a burden to the other plaintiffs.

Kennedy is the chairman-on-leave on Children's Health Defense (CHD), which is representing him.

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