US Judge Dismisses CDT 1st Amendment Complaint Against EO
A judge dismissed the Center for Democracy & Technology lawsuit against President Donald Trump that alleged his social media-related executive order violated the First Amendment (see 2006020071). U.S. District Court in Washington Judge Trevor McFadden dismissed the case with prejudice…
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in a brief Tuesday order (Pacer). The court issued a Dec. 11 order granting the defendant’s motion for dismissal and a memorandum opinion (in Pacer), finding CDT’s “claimed injury is not concrete or imminent and is thus insufficient to establish Article III standing.” CDT had 30 days to file a motion for leave to amend its complaint. “To date, no motion for leave to amend has been filed on the docket,” McFadden wrote. CDT is considering its options, a spokesperson emailed Wednesday: "It is important that organizations be able to challenge unconstitutional executive orders."