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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #105

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia · Apr 10, 2024

Supreme Court Says Officials Who Block Critics on Social Media Might Be Violating the First Amendment

The justices established guidelines for determining whether that is true in any particular case.

Reason · Mar 19, 2024

Supreme Court issues first of many expected decisions on social media

The court laid down guidelines for the lower courts to use in assessing the facts in similar cases.

WEKU · Mar 15, 2024

The Supreme Court takes up social media cases similar to one about Donald Trump's Twitter feed

The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Supreme Court To Consider Whether Politicians Can Block You on Social Media

Plus: Missouri attempts to ban gender transition treatments for adults, another bad social media bill hits Congress, and more...

Reason · Apr 28, 2023

Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump

The Supreme Court will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts

The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023

US court mulls free speech and if officials can block critics on social media

The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider if the first amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on social media.

The New Daily · Apr 24, 2023

When Is Government Official's Blocking Commenter from Social Media Page "State Action"?

The Sixth Circuit disagrees with the Second Circuit in the @RealDonaldTrump case (but maybe not by much).

Reason · Jun 27, 2022