Argued. For petitioner: Allon Kedem, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Victoria R. Ferres, Port Huron, Mich.; and Masha G. Hansford, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

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

Reply of petitioner Kevin Lindke filed. (Distributed)

Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The remainder of the record is available on PACER.

CIRCULATED.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth 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 amicus curiae of Texas filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of Tennessee, et al. filed.

Brief of respondent James R. Freed filed.

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

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed (also in 22-324). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. (Reprinted and resubmitted on 7/13/23).

Brief amici curiae of NetChoice, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed.

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

Brief amicus curiae of The NRSC (also in 22-324) filed. VIDED.

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

Brief amicus curiae of American Atheists, Inc. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Kevin Lindke filed.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 23, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2023.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 3, 2023.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2023)

Application (22A291) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 2, 2023.

Application (22A291) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 3, 2022 to January 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Kevin Lindke, Petitioner, represented by Allon Kedem

James R. Freed, Respondent, represented by Victoria Read Ferres

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

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

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Allen Greene

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

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

THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN, 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