Updates | The Week of June 12, 2017

President Trump blocking Twitter followers due to disagreements with their views raises serious First Amendment concerns, explains Amanda Shanor at Take Care.

President Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks Twitter users, Robert Loeb argues at Lawfare.

Norms, not a provision of the Espionage Act, prevent use of the Act to prosecute reporters who receive leaked documents; but that norm may change under President Trump, argues Grayson Clary at EFF Deeplinks.

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