The 1stA doesnt cover twitter...

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  1. Wildjoker5

    Wildjoker5 Well-Known Member

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    It is open to the public, even if youre blocked from responding to him. Its not FB where you cant see anything from the other person.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Does being blocked on Twitter remove your ability to say things you want to say to the people following you?
     
  3. yardmeat

    yardmeat Well-Known Member

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    Where are you getting all of these straw men?
     
  4. mdrobster

    mdrobster Well-Known Member

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    fyi, trumps tweets are public domain as is stated in the ruling.
     
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    mdrobster Well-Known Member

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    yes they do, that is 1st amendment.
     
  6. vman12

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    Great.

    Sit down and write a letter to the POTUS and wait for a response.
     
  7. mdrobster

    mdrobster Well-Known Member

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    fyi, obama did not block, just redirected. your false posts and constant trolling is boring, now i am going to mentally block or ignore you :)
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So is the state of the union, but the average citizen doesn't have access to see it live and in person, and anyone without a television would need to request a transcript of the speech, at cost to themselves. How is this different? Access is there, it is available, but simply not catered to every individual based upon their own actions...
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Sure, and you can go to the library of congress and request copies of them if you'd like.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Are there other methods to see what Trump says other than on Twitter?

    People who lose arguments often can't deal with the reality of the situation.
     
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    Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, are open political forums if used by a politician to communicate to the voters.
     
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    The first amendment applies to government, not to the private sector.
     
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    Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald. shouldn't be too hard to locate her private and professional social media presence. If there's a god in heaven, 4Chan's freaks are having a field day. ooh, those NAMBLA people....
     
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    Ronstar Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    so Twitter has the right to undo Trump's blocking people
     
  15. Thirty6BelowZero

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    He does.

    https://twitter.com/POTUS
     
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    which has no analogy to a twitter account. can trump block who watches it.
     
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    I see. so you're saying public sector people may not block private sector people who make lewd remarks about their spouses or children, or who cyber-stalk them, or who post threatening mock beheading images, or who post pornographic pictures...

    that they just have to take it...because America!

    something tells me that's not correct.
     
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    If you wrote even a tiny decimal of the things I see on Trump's page, your account would be banned by Twitter.
     
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    So there are different rights for people depending upon royal title (politician). I thought I was on here to politic, how could laws be different between him (royal titled politician) and me?
     
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    Royal Titled Politician. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, but the court just elevated "politician" to a title of nobility with different rights (greater or lesser) due to noble title.
     
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    So long as he President is going to use Twitter, citizens have a right to also use that platform to petition for redress or grievances and the government (ie the president) cannot block them.
     
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    So does this rule this judge created out of thin air applies to everyone on twitter or just the president?
     
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    He is blocking people from seeing and replying to his tweets. As a government official and since he uses his twitter account as a means of official communication with the world, he is violating the 1st Amendment rights of people by doing that.

    If he doesn’t want to see people’s replies on his tweets, he can mute them, as the judge pointed out. And muting them doesn’t prevent those people from seeing and replying to his tweets.
     
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    Well does the 1st Amendment apply to everyone or does it apply to the government and government officials?
     

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