Showing posts with label Judge orders Trump not to block Twitter followers in groundbreaking ruling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judge orders Trump not to block Twitter followers in groundbreaking ruling. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2018


By Washington Times, May 23, 2018

President Trump cannot block people from his Twitter account, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the account became a public forum once he started using it for government business and is now protected by the First Amendment.

Free speech advocates called U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald’s ruling groundbreaking, saying it will expand constitutional protections deep into the realm of social media.