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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVoteVets most recent ad:
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They've been blocked by the orange-viRus-sia a month ago.
BRING JUSTICE BACK AGAIN
RICO TRUMPs & ACCOMPLICES
THEN LOCK 'EM ALL UP!*&1%!1!
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VoteVets most recent ad: (Original Post)
Lock him up.
Jul 2020
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BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)1. Who blocked it and on what grounds?
Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)3. VoteVets Tweet:
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)4. The Lincoln Project should pick it up and do it than.
Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)7. Absolutely!
They get more fodder for these awesome ads every day!
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)8. I thought Trump lost a class action legal case brought by people
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.
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:
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.
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.
I didn't notice the date before I went to edit my original headline.
Apologies.
Rhiannon12866
(205,552 posts)2. VoteVets Tweet:
oasis
(49,393 posts)6. "Traitor Trump"