Podcasts Government U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Lindke v. Freed

Lindke v. Freed

Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 2 p.m.

b'A case in which the Court held that a public official who prevents someone from commenting on the official\\u2019s social-media page engages in state action under 42 U.S.C. \\xa7 1983 only if the official both (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State\\u2019s behalf on a particular matter, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when speaking in the relevant social-media posts.'