Newsletter #21

On Judicial Legitimacy

It’s State Association meeting season! The Missouri State Association meets today through Wednesday. Pray for good fellowship, wise decisions, and spiritual edification.

A Supreme Problem

There’s a notable judicial ruling that came down this past Tuesday. But you didn’t hear about it. At least you didn’t hear about a very significant part of it.

The ruling was a U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling concerning a Texas law that prohibits companies with more than 50 million monthly active users from moderating content based on viewpoint. It’s a series of several hotly contested laws being proposed concerning the business practices of Big Tech and what, if anything, individual consumers or state governments can do to limit unfair and/or unconstitutional business practices.

Despite the larger significance of the substance of these disputes—and they are significant—I’m interested in the ruling itself. It was a 5-4 decision—with Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Stephen Br…