widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing
packing the supreme court, and he said as he has said in the past, i think it s a bad idea because it would politicize the supreme court forever. he s right. and this is perhaps joe biden actually speaking for himself for once, not for what his staff thinks or what members of congress think. so who knows, maybe joe biden is dug in on this issue of not packing the court. paul: i would just say joe biden was also once against unilateral debt forgiveness and came aroun- [laughter] so i m not so sure i d bank on that if the democrats can break the filibuster in the senate after 2024. all right, still ahead, president biden pivots to plan b after the supreme court strikes down his $430 billion student loan cancellation. we ll take a closer closer looked at his new proposal and the price tag for taxpayers next. i believe the court s decision to strike down my student debt relief program was a mistake, was wrong.
norms of functioning democracy. sitting gop senators including ted cruz, john mccain and richard burr have voiced support for blocking any clinton nominee to the supreme court forever. leaving the court with an even number of justices and stripping its power to set legal precedent. republicans are already plotting to investigate clinton from day one should she win the election, potentially getting started before she s even sworn in. according to senator ron johnson who is currently up for re-election in wisconsin, they might even start impeachment proceedings. that s right. he s discussing impeachment proceedings before the election has even happened. no wonder trump, the party standardbearer is already threatening a major constitutional crisis if he loses next tuesday. if hillary clinton were to be elected, it would create an unprecedented and protracted constitutional crisis. haven t we just been through a lot with the clintons?
they re not reporting it. katy, you re not reporting it, katy, but there s something happening, katy. republican nominee is not alone in waging war against the norms of functioning democracy. sitting gop senators including ted cruz, john mccain and richard burr have voiced support for blocking any clinton nominee to the supreme court forever. leaving the court with an even number of justices and stripping its power to set legal precedent. republicans are already plotting to investigate clinton from day one should she win the election, potentially getting started before she s even sworn in. according to senator ron johnson who is currently up for re-election in wisconsin, they might even start impeachment proceedings. that s right. he s discussing impeachment proceedings before the election has even happened. no wonder trump, the party standardbearer is already threatening a major constitutional crisis if he loses next tuesday. if hillary clinton were to be elected, it would create