The first amendment begins with "Congress shall make no law..". The whitehouse isn't congress, neither are the courts and both can arguably censor free speech w

The first amendment begins with "Congress shall make no law..". The whitehouse isn't congress, neither are the courts and both can arguably censor free speech within their authority. For example, a judge can punish you for wearing the wrong cloth (purely out of self expression) or for insulting him in court (pulic venue). Unless there is a different law preventing them, the first amendment cannot be used to conclude the WH can't ask companies to censor things. Unless of course there is some interpretation of the amendment that expands it to mean "congress and executive branch but not courts". What WH or courts can't do from what I understand is implement or enforce a law or executive order that restricts speech under congressional authority, that is under authority granted to them by federal law not by the constitution because I'd imagine then it could be argued they are exceeding their authority since "Congress shall make no law"