Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) faced criticism Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the conspiracy theory that states were harmed by social media censorship over COVID-19 misinformation.
In a 6-3 decision, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said that two states lacked legal standing to challenge the government's communication with social media companies.
"The plaintiffs, without any concrete link between their injuries and the defendants' conduct, ask us to conduct a review of the yearslong communications between dozens of federal officials, across different agencies, with different social-media platforms, about different topics," Barrett wrote for the majority. "This court's standing doctrine prevents us from exercising such general legal oversight of the other branches of government."
Following the ruling, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) insisted Jordan's "conspiracy theory" had failed.
"As expected, the Supreme Court has issued a stinging rebuke to Jim Jordan and his multimillion-dollar conspiracy theory fueled witch hunt," Nadler said in a statement. "The Court concluded that the social media platforms' exercised their own judgement' with regards to content moderation-which is precisely what we have heard from the dozens of witnesses that Jim Jordan has dragged before this committee."
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"The Court also pointed out that the basis for House Republicans' partisan reign of harassment against social media companies was inaccurate and outright false," he added. "I hope that after this humiliating defeat Chairman Jordan and his colleagues will end their failed investigation into the companies, universities, and individuals who have been trying to stop the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation on social media."
