The Supreme Court moved on April 5 to dismiss a lawsuit from former President Donald Trump that asked the justices to allow him to block critics on Twitter. The nation’s highest court agreed with the Department of Justice (DOJ), which told it in January that the case would become moot when Joe Biden was sworn in as president. “That transition will moot this case, as then-President Biden will have no ability to control the use of Donald J. Trump’s personal Twitter account. Because this case warrants review but will become moot pending such review, the Court should follow its established practice of granting certiorari and vacating the judgment,” the DOJ said in a filing (pdf). Under Trump, the DOJ had asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which, in 2019, ruled that Trump violated the First Amendment when he prevented some users from viewing or …