Court Rejects TRO Request That Argued X Became a Government Forum When Musk Worked for the Government

From a decision Tuesday by Judge Brantley Starr (N.D. Tex.) in Richards v. X Corp. & Trump:

Richards is an active user on X, formerly known as Twitter, where he alleges he has built a following and shares his sincerely held beliefs. X Corp. owns and operates the platform. Richards alleges that X Corp. removed most of the content posted to his account and subjected his content to "shadowbanning." Richards seeks recovery under the theory that X is subject to constitutional constraints because X Corp.'s owner and controller, Elon Musk, "simultaneously holds significant federal authority." …

Richards asks this Court to "[o]rder President Trump to cease coordination with private platforms for religious speech suppression and issue executive directive prohibiting federal agencies from using AI