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VoteVets most recent ad: (Original Post) Lock him up. Jul 2020 OP
Who blocked it and on what grounds? BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #1
VoteVets Tweet: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #3
The Lincoln Project should pick it up and do it than. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #4
Absolutely! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #7
I thought Trump lost a class action legal case brought by people Tanuki Jul 2020 #8
I remember that, yeah. Lock him up. Jul 2020 #9
Good point and looks like that's true: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #10
VoteVets got blocked like a month ago. Lock him up. Jul 2020 #5
VoteVets Tweet: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #2
"Traitor Trump" oasis Jul 2020 #6

Tanuki

(14,919 posts)
8. I thought Trump lost a class action legal case brought by people
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:34 PM
Jul 2020

he had blocked. To the best of my recollection, it was found to be a 1st Amendment violation.

Lock him up.

(6,935 posts)
9. I remember that, yeah.
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:37 PM
Jul 2020

Maybe he blocked them then unblocked?

(No way to know that, if it's the case.)

Rhiannon12866

(205,552 posts)
10. Good point and looks like that's true:
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:43 PM
Jul 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_First_Amendment_Institute_v._Trump

On May 23, 2018, Buchwald granted in part and denied in part the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, ruling that Trump blocking people on Twitter is unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. The court ruled that the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is "a presidential account as opposed to a personal account", and blocking people from it violates their rights to participate in a "designated public forum". Buchwald introduced the decision by writing:

This case requires us to consider whether a public official may, consistent with the First Amendment, “block” a person from his Twitter account in response to the political views that person has expressed, and whether the analysis differs because that public official is the President of the United States. The answer to both questions is no.

Lock him up.

(6,935 posts)
5. VoteVets got blocked like a month ago.
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 11:31 PM
Jul 2020

I didn't notice the date before I went to edit my original headline.

Apologies.

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