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US court rules Trump can’t block critics on Twitter (Good News)
New York Post ^ | 07/09/2019 | Andrew Denney

Posted on 07/09/2019 10:25:22 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

President Donald Trump’s practice of blocking critics on Twitter runs afoul of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court in New York ruled on Tuesday.

Writing for a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan, Judge Barrington Parker said that the president’s @realDonaldTrump account on Twitter is indeed a public forum and that “once the President has chosen a platform and opened up its interactive space to millions of users and participants, he may not selectively exclude those whose views he disagrees with.”

In oral arguments for the case in March, the appeals judges repeatedly pushed back on the Justice Department’s argument that Trump could use his Twitter account to disseminate government policy but that the account doesn’t count as a public forum. 

The panel’s ruling upholds Manhattan federal court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald’s ruling in the case. After that ruling, Trump unblocked critics but still appealed the ruling.

The Justice Department did not immediately comment.

Trump has over 60 million followers on Twitter.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: publicforum; trump; trumptwitteraccount; twitter
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(Good News)?

So why did I add (Good News) to the title?

Discuss below.

1 posted on 07/09/2019 10:25:22 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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2 posted on 07/09/2019 10:26:54 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

How about you tell us why since it was YOUR DECISION.


3 posted on 07/09/2019 10:27:15 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Responsibility2nd

If Trump can’t block people with “annoying” viewpoints, then how can Twitter management justify blocking people with “annoying viewpoints”? Free Speech is free speech, right?


4 posted on 07/09/2019 10:27:53 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This ruling may give our side ammo when Twitter and Fakebook do censorship.


5 posted on 07/09/2019 10:28:28 AM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Responsibility2nd

How many fingers am I holding up?

Discuss below...


6 posted on 07/09/2019 10:28:35 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Responsibility2nd

What about freedom of association? Seems to be that is ALSO a Constitutional right.


7 posted on 07/09/2019 10:28:39 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Hatteras

One.


8 posted on 07/09/2019 10:28:58 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’d have agreed that keeping it open was wise policy, whether or not a court ruled about it. Trump shouldn’t get silly. He’s not Trump the Private Party now, he’s Trump the President of a country, whether or not all the people are willing to accept him.


9 posted on 07/09/2019 10:29:14 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t see this as good news because DJT is being denied a Twitter benefit others enjoy.


10 posted on 07/09/2019 10:30:02 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Spacetrucker

...crap. Okay, how about now?


11 posted on 07/09/2019 10:30:05 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Responsibility2nd

Does this mean that NOBODY can block people they disagree with on Twitter?

What’s good for the Goose is good for the Gander.

I’ve been blocked by more than a few Twitter Snowflakes who aren’t into facts.


12 posted on 07/09/2019 10:30:27 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Socialism is a gateway Ideology.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m sure Twitter can still silence Trump allies though.

Frankly, no Trump voter should even use them.


13 posted on 07/09/2019 10:30:32 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Let's see. OK, got that … </sarc>
 
14 posted on 07/09/2019 10:31:21 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (In Italia i fascisti si dividono in due categorie : i fascisti e gli antifascisti. -- Ennio Flaiano)
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To: abb

It’s true... at least where national affairs are concerned, if these media want to ride on the discussions, the discussions ought to be open with very, very broad boundaries. (Like, you’re a citizen or resident of the country.)


15 posted on 07/09/2019 10:31:40 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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So why did I add (Good News) to the title?

Obviously it sets precedence so that libs can't likewise muzzle conservatives. I wonder if this can be applied to an entire platform and its managers (twitter/facebook/whatever).

16 posted on 07/09/2019 10:31:49 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Obviously “what’s good for the Goose is good for the Gander” so to speak.


17 posted on 07/09/2019 10:31:51 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: abb

“This ruling may give our side ammo when Twitter and Fakebook do censorship.”

That is how I see it.


18 posted on 07/09/2019 10:31:55 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly.

Notice how the court ruled Twitter is a PUBLIC FORUM?

And as such, the blatant censorship and discrimination Twitter engages in is not just immoral. It’s illegal.


19 posted on 07/09/2019 10:32:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

This might be an example of Trump 3-D chess.


20 posted on 07/09/2019 10:32:25 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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