The Slatest for Oct. 30: This Supreme Court Case Could Deal a Major Blow to Donald Trump’s Criminal Defense

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Legal arguments Trump once made in court are coming back to haunt him this week as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two major cases related to social media.

Government officials who face lawsuits for blocking their followers on social media “have asked the court to adopt a legal position that President Trump advocated in 2020 when he, too, was sued for blocking critics on Twitter: that their social media activity was private, nonofficial action to which the First Amendment does not apply,” Aaron Tang writes.

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