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Thankfully, we just heard back from 5th Circut Appeals that the injunction was likely a significant overstep and was overturned.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.214...

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Incorrect. The Fifth Circuit upheld the injunction. They found, specifically, that the officials from the FBI, White House, and CDC likely violated the First Amendment.

>But, we emphasize the limited reach of our decision today. We do not uphold the injunction against all the officials named in the complain

>As explained in Part IV above, the district court erred in finding that the NIAID Officials, CISA Officials, and State Department Officials likely violated Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights. So, we exclude those parties from the injunction. Accordingly, the term “Defendants” as used in this modified provision is defined to mean only the following entities and officials included in the original injunction:

[Followed up by a page and 1/4 of people and agencies who the injunction still applies to]

In no way is it honest to describe this as "overturned".

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