Unconstitutional for Trump to Block People on Twitter?

[time4fun]

So if Twitter is an "open forum" then we can expect that all public figures now have to document, keep records and can't block people? How about general people, I can't go into the street, an "open forum" and censor people or keep them from yelling at me. So when does this spread to other forms of electronic media such as Google, Facebook and others? If you can't block someone because it's an "open forum" then how can anyone block anything? And before someone goes off on "it's a private company" just remember, so is Twitter and the POTUS can't block people on it. Does being the POTUS mean you no longer have your civil rights? You agree to some terms in taking the job but you still don't have to let people in your home and so on. I can sooooooo see this judgment going very badly, very quickly.

You didn't actually read the decision, did you?

[~Rocktar~]

You didn't actually read the decision, did you?

And it reappears. . .

You really have no fucking clue just how bad this decision is in the over all picture of sliding to Gomorrah.

[time4fun]

And it reappears. . .

You really have no fucking clue just how bad this decision is in the over all picture of sliding to Gomorrah.

LOL So no, you didn't read the decision.

But you feel really well-informed anyway. Yet, if you had read the decision, you'd realize how hilarious your little diatribe is.

[cwolff]

They're defending trumps civil rights to block people on Twitter? You got to be shitting me.

All trump has to do is not read the stuff that hurts his feelings. He can also mute people. Problem solved.

[Wrathbringer]

They're defending trumps civil rights to block people on Twitter? You got to be shitting me.

All trump has to do is not read the stuff that hurts his feelings. He can also mute people. Problem solved.

you're retarded.

[Parkbandit]

You didn't actually read the decision, did you?

[time4fun]

They're defending trumps civil rights to block people on Twitter? You got to be shitting me.

All trump has to do is not read the stuff that hurts his feelings. He can also mute people. Problem solved.

Or he could stop conducting official business on Twitter. That was a crucial part of the fact pattern for this case. (And it's why it was so abundantly clear that Rockstar hadn't read more than a headline in the story)

[Gelston]

Will Trump be the first POTUS to be held in contempt of court over Twitter?

Oh, and something else...

But she did not issue an injunction ordering Mr. Trump or Mr. Scavino to unblock the users, a nod to the separation-of-powers sensitivities of a judge’s ordering a president to do something. Rather, her ruling simply declared what the Constitution requires, with the expectation that the White House would comply.

So nope.

The DoJ is expected to appeal.

[Wrathbringer]

Or he could stop conducting official business on Twitter. That was a crucial part of the fact pattern for this case. (And it's why it was so abundantly clear that Rockstar hadn't read more than a headline in the story)

Shut up . Go back to not posting.

[cwolff]

Oh, and something else...

But she did not issue an injunction ordering Mr. Trump or Mr. Scavino to unblock the users, a nod to the separation-of-powers sensitivities of a judge’s ordering a president to do something. Rather, her ruling simply declared what the Constitution requires, with the expectation that the White House would comply.

So nope.

The DoJ is expected to appeal.

Didn't she say that there was no need to issue the order to unblock because its expected that public officials follow the law?

If the DOJ appeals then that's proof that his Twitter is not personal