PoliticsSupreme Court Appears Divided on State Social Media LawsBy Mara WhitfieldPublished April 17, 2026 at 12:00 pm EDT · 6 min readThe justices spent nearly three hours wrestling with the question.Supreme CourtSocial MediaFirst AmendmentMara WhitfieldSenior political correspondent covering Congress and the White House for over a decade.@marawhitfieldMore from PoliticsPoliticsSenate Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in Late-Night VoteMara Whitfield · 2d agoPoliticsHouse Speaker Faces Pressure on Ukraine Aid VoteMara Whitfield · 3d agoPoliticsBorder State Governors Meet in Phoenix to Coordinate PolicyEthan Brooks · 3d ago