Trump Lawyers: Courts Have No Say In His Decision To Block Critics On Twitter – By Manuel Balce (associated press) / Oct 14 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump say a judge should reject a lawsuit challenging Trump’s ability to block his critics from following him on Twitter.
The lawyers filed papers late Friday to try to put an end to a Manhattan federal court lawsuit that makes First Amendment claims. They say Trump’s Twitter feed, which has 33 million followers, is not state action.
The lawsuit was filed in July by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and seven people rejected by Trump after criticizing the president.
Jameel Jaffer, the institute’s director, said Trump’s lawyers were wrong in their legal analysis. He said in a statement Saturday that the president is not above the law.
The lawsuit claims Trump’s decision to block some individuals was a viewpoint-based restriction.
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PB/TK – As he is now a Public Official, all that was once Private after Jan 20 2017 becomes Public property of the Presidency. Any twitter deletion is in violation of the rules and yes that even means POTUS Donnie using his personal twitter page and not the official POTUS page. Which even means people can now use POTUS Donnie’s likeness without having to worry about copyright laws.
