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How many of us are blocked by Ritchie Torres? According to SCOTUS new ruling, we can sue politicians for this now. Do we have a class action lawsuit? (i.imgflip.com)

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How many of us are blocked by Ritchie Torres? According to SCOTUS new ruling, we can sue politicians for this now. Do we have a class action lawsuit?

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BREAKING: In a unanimous ruling, SCOTUS rules that members of the public can sue public officials for blocking or muting them on social media.

The court establishes a new test for lower courts to determine if a public official’s speech is a “state action”; writing they must “possess the authority to speak for the state” and “purport to exercise that authority.”

Source: https://twitter.com/SabbySabs2/status/1768973465657168101

Article: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-social-media-public-officials-973f1d18e74faccaa4bfce3bd65cc1af

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[–] newnton@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He just responded on his twitter

Please note that @RitchieTorres is a personal, rather than an official, account, in which I speak for myself rather than for the federal government. Personal opinions on policy and politics are different from official announcements and actions.

For official announcements, please follow @RepRitchie , where access is unfettered.

As the Supreme Court recently noted, “state officials have private lives and their own constitutional rights—including the First Amendment right to speak about their jobs and exercise editorial control over speech and speakers on their personal platform.”

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the update!