Argued. For petitioners: Hashim M. Mooppan, Washington, D. C.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford, Cal.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Record from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California received electronically and available with the Clerk. Sealed material available with the Clerk.

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.

Reply of petitioners Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Clinics, Citizens and Journalists filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Protect The First Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Atheists, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.

Brief of respondents Christopher Garnier and Kimberly Garnier filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The NRSC filed (also in 22-611). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed (also in 22-611). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. supporting neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of NetChoice, et al. supporting neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The State of Texas filed.

Brief amicus curiae of California School Boards Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of The State of Tennessee, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief of petitioners Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Petition GRANTED.

Supplemental brief of petitioners Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane filed.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.

Reply of petitioners Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, et al. filed. (To be recovered - corrected version received and distributed December 27, 2022) (Distributed)

Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.

Brief of respondents Christopher Garnier, et ux. in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 13, 2022.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2022 to December 13, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2022.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2022 to December 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 7, 2022)

Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane, Petitioner, represented by Hashim M. Mooppan

Christopher Garnier and Kimberly Garnier, Respondent, represented by Pamela Susan Karlan

American Atheists, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey Thomas Blackwell

California School Boards Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter K. Fagen

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Allen Greene

First Amendment Clinics, Citizens and Journalists, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregg P. Leslie

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere

Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Caroline Payseur Mackie

Manhattan Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John J. Bursch

NetChoice, the Cato Institute, Chamber of Progress and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Morris Gossett

Protect The First Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Amicus Curiae, represented by David D. Cole

The NRSC, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeremy Joseph Broggi

The State of Tennessee, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by James Matthew Rice

The State of Texas, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lanora Christine Pettit

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar