Judge Floats Idea to Settle @realDonaldTrump Twitter Blocking Case
- 6 years ago
Judge Floats Idea to Settle @realDonaldTrump Twitter Blocking Case
As she worked her way through pages of meticulous questions
and requests for clarification, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court suggested a possible resolution, which involved yet another feature of the platform: Muting.
The questions that loomed largest over the proceedings did not concern matters of jurisdiction, free speech,
or the possibility of the discrimination against certain viewpoints in violation of the First Amendment.
The @realDonaldTrump account, which Mr. Trump started in 2009, has more than 48 million followers; @POTUS,
which Mr. Trump took over from President Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2017, has more than 22 million.
Michael Baer, a Justice Department lawyer representing Mr. Trump, did not dismiss the muting suggestion outright, but insisted
that the president was well within his rights to block whomever he pleased
The seven users, who had been blocked by the @realDonaldTrump account after criticizing the president,
were joined in the lawsuit by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.
As she worked her way through pages of meticulous questions
and requests for clarification, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court suggested a possible resolution, which involved yet another feature of the platform: Muting.
The questions that loomed largest over the proceedings did not concern matters of jurisdiction, free speech,
or the possibility of the discrimination against certain viewpoints in violation of the First Amendment.
The @realDonaldTrump account, which Mr. Trump started in 2009, has more than 48 million followers; @POTUS,
which Mr. Trump took over from President Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2017, has more than 22 million.
Michael Baer, a Justice Department lawyer representing Mr. Trump, did not dismiss the muting suggestion outright, but insisted
that the president was well within his rights to block whomever he pleased
The seven users, who had been blocked by the @realDonaldTrump account after criticizing the president,
were joined in the lawsuit by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.