Posted on 07/11/2019 8:30:12 AM PDT by rktman
Cases filed after court rules President Trump can't do that.
On Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled President Trump is not allowed to block people on his Twitter account, because the social-media page was used for “official purposes” and such a move would violate the First Amendment.
Within hours, one of the far-left newcomers to Congress who has done the same thing, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., also was sued.
The Associated Press reported the decision in Trump’s case “is likely to reverberate throughout politics after the Manhattan court warned that any elected official using a social-media account ‘for all manner of official purposes’ and then excluding critics violates free speech.”
The decision isn’t the first on the issue. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year found a Virginia political violated the First Amendment by blocking a constituent from a Facebook page.
But the new ruling got a lot more attention because it involves the president.
Now Ocasio-Cortez, the confrontational congresswoman and former bartender known for her far-left views, is facing her own legal action.
Fox News reported it was a former Democratic New York assemblyman who sued her just hours after Tuesday’s court ruling was announced.
Dov Hikind filed the action for her decision to block users on Twitter based on their personal viewpoints.
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blocked me on Twitter yesterday apparently because my critique of her tweets and policies have been too stinging,” Hikind said in a statement.
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What’s good for the Gander is Good for the g00se.
Good.
I’m glad to hear people handing back to the dems the very things they have been dishing out.
They would never stop until it came back to bite them.
We’ve been playing too nice for too long.
Can we sue twitter itself for blocking people from using it to talk to politicians?
Pretty sure every single politician who has a Twitter account has blocked people. Time to sue them all! You know... this could lessen Twitter’s influence (which would be a good thing.)
President Trump is not allowed to block people on his Twitter account, because the social-media page was used for “official purposes” and such a move would violate the First Amendment.
Attention everyone in Twitter Jail, this is your cue to SUE Twitter for Violating your First Amendment Rights, they are preventing you from engaging in protected speech with elected officials in direct contradiction to the Appeals Court ruling.
Wonder how this ruling will play out on Twitter and YouTube banning conservatives. This could be a good thing.
AOC on suing and sending subpoenas to anyone connected with President Trump:” Yay! This is more fun than a sleepover. I can hardly tweet fast enough.”
On getting sued herself: “Damn. I hate this. I’ll be so glad when we get revenge on the non-Communists after January 2021. Can hardly wait.”
True, but wait until the judges do mental gymnastics to rule that democrat politicians can block people from Twitter. We have two rules of law in this country.
Excellent LMAO!
If it weren’t for double standards, the liberals would have none at all.
SHE’S turned into a real petri dish for corruption and abuse of power.
So why is Trump constrained by this but I could block people? Why 2 rules?
Sad but true.
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