The explicit prohibition on federal officials violating the First Amendment may seem redundant since federal employees already take an oath to uphold the Constitution; thus they swore to not to violate American citizens’ constitutionally protected rights. However, Biden administration officials, including the big guy, routinely violated the free speech rights of American citizens. As federal Judge Terry A. Doughty wrote in a July 4, 2023 preliminary injunction forbidding government officials from having any contact with social media companies, “the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States history.”

I think it would have been better to let it go through the courts and make sure it gets slammed down permanently with precedent, not just EOs. It just seems to me that the state has a vested interest in censorship and putting their boots on the neck of the populace by shutting down their voices. Then they can say, “Our way or the highway!” They would have no dissenting voices that anyone can hear, just like COVID19 and the vaxx.