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NetChoice, an internet-company trade group, asks the Court to undo the Fifth Circuit’s pause on a lower-court order against enforcement of Mississippi’s law. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch opposes the request. NetChoice says the law raises important First Amendment questions about its members’ rights.

The Court refused NetChoice’s request to undo the Fifth Circuit’s pause on the lower-court injunction. It denied (refused) NetChoice’s request to vacate (wipe out) the stay (temporary pause), without finally deciding the First Amendment dispute. Justice Kavanaugh concurred (agreed with the result for different reasons), saying NetChoice had not shown that the harms favored emergency relief. He also said he thought Mississippi’s law likely violates its members’ First Amendment rights. The docket does not state how the other justices voted.

This emergency ruling leaves the temporary pause in place and does not finally decide who wins the underlying case. The appeal continues in the Fifth Circuit; the docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main legal question and no argument date.

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A97. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

• SupremeCourt.gov docket page
• The Court's opinion (PDF)
• SupremeCourt.gov

Checked October 4, 2026