Tag: First Amendement

Lindke v. Freed: Many social-media-blocking cases will now turn on whether public official possessed authority to speak on the state’s behalf

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In a new test announced by the U.S. Supreme Court, public officials who censor their critics on social media only violate the First Amendment if the public official: (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the state’s behalf on a…

Among the cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Counterman v. Colorado, No. 21-138. University of Georgia School of Law Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Randy Beck is available for commentary.

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Among the cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court will be Counterman v. Colorado, No. 21-138.   The case focuses on whether to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show…

Trump Sues @Facebook’s @finkd , @Twitter’s @Jack Dorsey and @Google’s @sundarpichai: @FreeSpeechMTSU Expert @KenPaulson1 Available to Discuss with Reporters

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Banned from Twitter indefinitely and from Facebook for until 2023, embattled former President Donald Trump filed class action lawsuits July 7, against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In this latest step, Trump…