The First Amendment Fiasco: Alex Berenson v. Biden and Kamala’s “Free Speech” Administration

The Cost of a Critical, Albeit Truthful, Tweet

Imagine a government that swears allegiance to freedom but can’t tolerate an inquisitive tweet.

Enter the Biden administration, under which even hinting that COVID-19 vaccines might have limits could land you in the crosshairs of the powers that be.

Today, that “power” includes Vice President Kamala Harris, now campaigning to replace Biden and carry forward his legacy of pressuring tech giants to muzzle inconvenient voices.

Just ask Alex Berenson. Once a mild-mannered journalist, he’s been at the center of Berenson v. Biden, a suit designed to reveal how closely the administration has worked with Big Tech to police public discourse and moderate free speech.

In the beginning, Berenson’s unforgivable sin was a series of posts on Twitter that questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.

“It doesn’t stop infection. Or transmission. And we want to mandate it? Insanity,” he tweeted in 2021.

For this heresy against government-backed theology, Berenson soon found himself banished from Twitter—an exile allegedly orchestrated through private “conversations” with White House officials.

Alex Berenson’s lawsuit claims Biden’s team, along with Pfizer executives, were the architects of a 21st-century blacklist, where the press doesn’t just report the news; it carefully curates public discourse, blocking anything the government considers off-message.

Fast forward to March 2024, and -Berenson v. Biden- now hinges on two Supreme Court cases that expose just how cozy the government has become with censorship.