Listen live: Supreme Court hears arguments in free speech cases over public officials' social media

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Tuesday in two cases involving free speech and how public officials use social media. 

Arguments in the first of the two cases, Ratcliff v. Garnier, started at 10 a.m.

In that case, the court is considering whether a public official who uses their personal social media account to discuss job-related matters, even not pursuant to their official job, may have violated someone's First Amendment rights by blocking them online.

In the second case, Lindke v. Freed, the court will decide whether an official's social media activity constitutes government action only if the official used the platform for a governmental duty.