I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome

to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered

by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American

people. The Supreme Court recently vacated the Second Circuit's ruling that President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking people on Twitter.

Justice Thomas authored a fascinating concurring opinion

where he expressed concern about the power of social media companies over free speech

to discuss Justice Thomas's concurrence and the broader impacts of the case,

I'm joined by two of America's leading First Amendment experts and scholars.

Katie Fallow is a senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

She is one of the lead lawyers in this case now known as Biden versus Knight.

Katie, it is wonderful to have you back on the show.

Thanks for having me. It's great to be here.

And Eugene Volick is Gary T Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA Law School,

where he teaches First Amendment law. He blogs at the

Walla conspiracy on reason.com where he wrote the piece Justice Thomas suggests

rethinking legal status of digital platforms.

Eugene, thank you so much for joining.

Thanks very much for inviting me.

Katie, we joined on We The People about a year ago

to discuss this important case, which you've been part of since the

district court level. Tell us about the constitutional stakes in the case. What did

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