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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

These Public Officials Blocked Critics on Social Media. Was That Constitutional?

The Supreme Court considers whether and when banishing irksome constituents violates the First Amendment.

Reason · Nov 3, 2023

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

9th Cir.: Political Officials' Blocking of Social Media Comments May Violate the First Amendment

From today's decision in Garnier v. O'Connor-Ratcliff, written by Judge Marsha Berzon and joined by Judges Richard Tallman and Michelle Friedland: Today, social media websites like Facebook and Twitter are, for many, "the principal sources for knowing current events, checking ads for employment, speaking and listening in the modern public…

Reason · Jul 27, 2022