When is a Tweet an Official Act?
March 8, 2017 | The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement
Twitter has come to play a central role in political discourse. Just last week, during a Supreme Court argument in a First Amendment case, Justice Kagan observed that “everybody uses Twitter”: In addition to “the President,” Justice Kagan explained, “[a]ll 50 governors, all 100 senators, [and] every member of the House has a Twitter account,” which has made Twitter a “crucially important channel of political communication.” [...]