Lindke v. Freed
Lindke v. Freed  
Podcast: U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Published On: Tue Oct 31 2023
Description: A case in which the Court held that a public official who prevents someone from commenting on the official’s social-media page engages in state action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 only if the official both (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State’s behalf on a particular matter, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when speaking in the relevant social-media posts.