SCOTUS Grants Deadline Extension to Dec. 19 for DOJ’s Brief Opposing Social Media Injunction

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the government petitioners' motion for a deadline extension to Dec. 19 for the filing of their opening brief on the merits to defeat the injunction, now under stay, to bar officials from the White House and four federal agencies from coercing or significantly encouraging social media companies to moderate their content. The brief from the respondents, including the Republican attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, is now due Feb. 2. DOJ’s unopposed motion Friday said the briefing schedule, as extended, would still permit the case to be heard during the court’s March sitting.