Donald Trump Cannot Block His Critics on Twitter, Appeals Court Reaffirms

The Second Circuit maintains that @realDonaldTrump is a public forum.

President Donald Trump gets a lot of hate on Twitter, but multiple courts have ruled that he cannot block his critics.

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied Trump’s request for an en banc review of the court’s previous decision.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University sued Trump in 2017 on behalf of seven individuals who had been blocked from viewing his Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, for criticizing the president. In May 2018, the U.S.

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