Yep it’s come to lawsuits for not “friending” folks on social media. POTUS Donnie and other members of his administration were slapped with a First Amendment lawsuit today because they don’t wanna be friends with you – PB/TK
Donald Trump Is Officially Being Sued Over Twitter – By Andrea Ruth / July 11 2017
The President and other administration officials were sued by a first amendment group, the Knight First Amendment Institute in federal court on Tuesday.
The group alleges that President Trump has violated the first amendment by blocking American citizens on from his @realDonaldTrump account, which the White House has said repeatedly are official statements from the President.
“President Trump’s Twitter account has become an important source of news and information about the government, and an important forum for speech by, to, or about the president,” Jameel Jaffer, the Knight Institute’s executive director, said in a statement. “The First Amendment applies to this digital forum in the same way it applies to town halls and open school board meetings. The White House acts unlawfully when it excludes people from this forum simply because they’ve disagreed with the president.”
Continue to redstate.com article: http://www.redstate.com/prevaila/2017/07/11/donald-trump-officially-sued-twitter/
