This comes in the wake of a judge twisting like a tornado to determine that Trump and any government official cannot block people on social media
AOC to be sued after court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter
After a federal court ruled Donald Trump could not constitutionally block people on Twitter, Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was threatened with a lawsuit for allegedly doing the same.
The court found Mr Trump’s blocking infringed on first amendment rights to free speech and that people had a right to see his posts, reply to his tweets, and send him messages.
The second circuit court of appeals stated that because Mr Trump uses a non-private Twitter account to communicate with the public about his administration and its policies, blocking violated a constitutional free speech protection as it was deemed government discrimination against specific viewpoints.
The court affirmed the designation of Mr Trump’s Twitter account as a “public forumâ€.
Former Democratic New York assemblyman Dov Hikind, then announced plans to Ms Ocasio-Cortez. Mr Hikind, who has been blocked by the freshman representative on Twitter, told Fox News he was exploring where he would be filing his suit and if there would be any other plaintiffs.
In an email to Fox News, Mr Hikind stated: “Most likely we will be [the] only plaintiff, but [we will be] citing other examples.â€
He added: “The claim is [the] same as [the] one against Trump. She uses that account for political/policy commentary, so to shut a citizen off from her statements is a problem – as well as blocking me from petitioning her or seeking redress.â€
Well, it seems that someone else is also suing
https://twitter.com/JoeySalads/status/1148654321896251394
Gabriel Malor argues that it was a really bad decision, because Trump isn’t actually in control of Twitter, but, now all the Democrats in the Resistance who fought to sue Trump over this will now find themselves recipients of the same treatment. And, I wonder, would this decision extend to those who are paid by the government, such as all the “climate” scientists like Michael Mann who like to block people?
