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There is an interesting series of articles about this found in National Review. The first part is found here.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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This ruling seems to make Twitter a public forum. The focus being allowing discussion. However, Twitter has a long history of suspending and closing accounts of people they disagree with. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_suspensions if a politician cannot block people on twitter, can Twitter, as a public forum, really be able to block anyone? “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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Funny how a court equates "freedom of speech" with "have to listen". Some real brilliant legal minds. | |||
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Info Guru |
Interesting to note that the president has not unblocked anyone and may never. http://www.newsweek.com/trump-...k-users-judge-940852 “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
The sitting POTUS is more than merely "a politician." He's part of the government. And the government may not muzzle free speech. Still: Interesting question. I recall reading, somewhere, long ago. of a 1A case involving shopping malls. The mall lost, the Court's decision being malls had become the modern equivalent of public squares, thus deserving of 1A protections. (I don't know if it was appealed or, if so, the eventual outcome.) "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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