Public Officials May Block Their Constituents on Social Media, Supreme Court Rules

Published on March 15, 2024

Public officials may block people on social media in certain situations, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on March 15. The case is separate from but brings to mind a lawsuit that several individuals previously filed against former President Donald Trump after he blocked them from accessing his social media account on Twitter, which was later renamed X. The Supreme Court dismissed that case, Biden v. Knight First Amendment Institute, in April 2021 as moot because President Trump had already left office. At the time of the ruling, the then-Twitter had banned President Trump. When Elon Musk took over the company he reversed that policy....

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