Appeals court won't review Trump Twitter case
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Posted On: 03/23/2020 2:04:41 PM
Appeals court won't review Trump Twitter case
Source: Politico
By LEAH NYLEN
03/23/2020 11:05 AM EDT
An appeals court declined today to review its previous decision that President Donald Trump can’t block critics on Twitter, over the objections of two judges appointed by Trump.
A three-judge panel on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in July that Trump’s practice of blocking critics from his @RealDonaldTrump account violates the First Amendment. The full court said today that it will not rehear the case, despite a request from the Justice Department.
Circuit Judge Barrington Parker said in a statement accompanying the ruling that Trump uses his account as an official mode of communication. He likened the replies to a town hall meeting held by public officials.
“Twitter is not just an official channel of communication for the President; it is his most important channel of communication,” wrote Parker, who had been elevated to the 2nd Circuit by President George W. Bush.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/appe...ase-143940
Ooh, now they're hitting Donny where he lives!
Source: Politico
By LEAH NYLEN
03/23/2020 11:05 AM EDT
An appeals court declined today to review its previous decision that President Donald Trump can’t block critics on Twitter, over the objections of two judges appointed by Trump.
A three-judge panel on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in July that Trump’s practice of blocking critics from his @RealDonaldTrump account violates the First Amendment. The full court said today that it will not rehear the case, despite a request from the Justice Department.
Circuit Judge Barrington Parker said in a statement accompanying the ruling that Trump uses his account as an official mode of communication. He likened the replies to a town hall meeting held by public officials.
“Twitter is not just an official channel of communication for the President; it is his most important channel of communication,” wrote Parker, who had been elevated to the 2nd Circuit by President George W. Bush.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/appe...ase-143940
Ooh, now they're hitting Donny where he lives!
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